Nottingham catchfly

Description:

S. nutans is hebaceous, perennial plant that can grows up to 80 cm. The leaves are lanceolate, subsessile and acute and all are covered in soft hairs. The petals are white or pinkish and divided into two narrow lobes. Each flower remains open for three nights as a means of preventing self-fertilisation; the flower reveals one whorl of stamens on the first night, the second whorl of stamens on the second night, and the three styles on the third night.

Habitat:

edge od the beech and oak wood, NP Paklenica