Plants : CaryophyllaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Silene vulgaris Garcke

Bladder Campion

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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.