| Plants : Caryophyllaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Silene vulgaris |
Description: A handsome white-flowered campion with inflated and bladder-like calyx which grows in waste places, old railway lines, roadsides etc.
Closely related to the sea campion (Silene uniflora) but usually easily distinguished from it.
All names: Silene vulgaris Garcke; Silene cucubalus Wibel
Distribution Map from NBN: Silene vulgaris at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Silene vulgaris at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Silene vulgaris. Garcke. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2986. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |