Common name
English: Sea Campion
German: Strand-Leimkraut
English: Sea Campion
German: Strand-Leimkraut
Kingdom: Plantae (2656)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)
Order: Caryophyllales (112)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (38)(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
Climate: temperate
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white