- Silene vulgaris Garcke - Bladder Campion - Caryophyllaceae
© Roy Anderson
(Map updated: March 2008)
A handsome white-flowered campion with inflated and bladder-like calyx which grows in waste places, old railway lines, roadsides etc.
Closely related to the sea campion (Silene uniflora) but usually easily distinguished from it.
All names: Silene vulgaris Garcke; Silene cucubalus Wibel