Common name
English: Sea Campion
German: Strand-Leimkraut
Portuguese: Chicharinha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Caryophyllales (123)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Silene (14)
Epithet: uniflora Roth (2)
Synonym: Silene maritima With.
maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast
uniflora => one-flowered
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white