Common name
English: Bladder Campion
German: Gewöhnliches Leimkraut
Mandarin: 白玉草 (bai yu cao)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2612)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2512)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2124)
Order: Caryophyllales (120)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Silene (14)
Epithet: vulgaris (Moench) Garcke (14)
Synonym: Silene wallichiana Klotzsch
vulgaris => common, everyday
wallichiana => in honor of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danish surgeon and botanist who worked in India
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Silene vulgaris at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [840] Silene vulgaris - Plants For A Future database