Common name
English: White Campion
German: Weiße Lichtnelke
Mandarin: 叉枝蝇子草 (cha zhi ying zi cao)
Portuguese: Assobios
English: White Campion
German: Weiße Lichtnelke
Mandarin: 叉枝蝇子草 (cha zhi ying zi cao)
Portuguese: Assobios
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Caryophyllales (105)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (36)(family description)
Genus: Silene (14)
Epithet: latifolia Poir. (9)
Synonym: Lychnis divaricata Rchb.
divaricata => straggly, sprawling, or spreading
latifolia => with broad leaves
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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