Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Silene uniflora Roth (1794)
Synonymy:
  • = Silene maritima With.
  • ≡ Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Vernacular Name(s):
Sea campion
 Description

Stems glabrous, 10–30 cm tall; some shoots leafy during winter. Lvs glabrous, often with scabrid margin, mostly oblanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1 cm. Infl. 1–(3)-flowered; bracts green. Calyx wide at mouth. Capsule wide-mouthed; teeth recurved.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: (Jul.)–Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: (Jul.)–Nov.–Feb.

 Bibliography
Runyeon, H.; Prentice, H.C. 1997: Genetic differentiation in the Bladder campions, Silene vulgaris and S. uniflora (Caryophyllaceae), in Sweden. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 559–584.