| Accepted name: |
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke |
| Synonym(s): |
-Behen vulgaris Moench
-Cucubalus latifolius Mill.
-Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle
-Silene cucubalus Wibel
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| English names: |
Bladder Campion
Catchfly
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| French names: |
Silène enflé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSILVU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In trials as a technical crop (rhizomes contain saponines, alkaloids and tannines) in Kazakhstan. A traditional potherb in Italy, in N Italy seeds are now offered for cultivation of this species(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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