Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke Bladder Campion

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke - Bladder Campion

Scientific Description:

Perennial, often woody below. Stems branched, glabrous or hairy, up to 80 cm. Leaves very variable in shape, ovate to lanceolate to obovate. Inflorescence a compound dichasium. Calyx 13−21 mm, inflated, greenish, with 15−20 anastomosing veins. Petals usually white, rarely red, deeply bipartite. Anthophore 2−4 mm. Capsule 6−13 mm, ovoid-globose, included in the calyx.

 

Flowering time: May−August.

Habitat: Scrub, slopes, open places, s.l.−3000 m.

 

var. vulgaris

Leaves ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or obovate, not cordate.

 

Reference:

Coode MJE & Cullen J (1967). Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 213.

Public Description:

Silene vulgaris var. vulgaris, common name the “bladder campion” or “maidenstears” which is distributed in Most of Europe, including Britain, to North Africa and temperate Asia. These are perennial herbs which stems up to 80 cm. It is a perennial plant with white flowers and grows up to 80 cm in height. It blooms between May and August. It grows on slopes and in scrub and open fields.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_vulgaris/, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Silene+vulgaris/, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.

Yıldız K (2012). Silene L. In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 354–364.