Silene latifolia Poir., 1789

Common names

🇬🇧 White Campion
🇫🇷 Silène à feuilles larges, Silène à larges feuilles, Compagnon blanc

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Species: Silene latifolia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. latifolia subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet, 1982;
S. latifolia subsp. latifolia Poir., 1789, P.

Photographs

img/silene-latifolia.webp — Silene latifolia

img/silene-latifolia-7.webp — Silene latifolia

img/silene-latifolia-2.webp — Silene latifolia

img/silene-latifolia-6.webp — Silene latifolia

img/silene-latifolia-3.webp — Silene latifolia - Immature seed capsule

img/silene-latifolia-4.webp — Silene latifolia - Cauline leaves

img/silene-latifolia-5.webp — Silene latifolia - Basal leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 654). Biotope.