🌿 Family

Caryophyllaceae

231 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Caryophyllaceae

Silene littorea Brot.

Silene littorea Brot. is a small, sticky-haired annual coastal plant native to parts of southwestern Europe and Morocco.

Silene menziesii Hook.

Silene menziesii, Menzies' campion, is a variable dioecious perennial herb native to western North America.

Silene noctiflora L.

Silene noctiflora L., or night-flowering catchfly, is a nocturnal-flowered annual herb pollinated by night-flying moths.

Silene nutans L.

Silene nutans is a diploid herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to Eurasia, introduced to North America.

Silene otites (L.) Wibel

Silene otites, or Spanish catchfly, is a dioecious flowering plant in genus Silene native to Europe and Transcaucasus, introduced to China’s Xinjiang.

Silene parryi (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire

Silene parryi, or Parry's silene, is a perennial herb in the Caryophyllaceae family native to western North America.

Silene regia Sims

Silene regia (royal catchfly) is a rare flowering perennial prairie plant native to the central U.S. threatened by habitat loss and fire suppression.

Silene scouleri Hook.

Silene scouleri Hook. is a perennial herb with unbranched stems, clustered veined flowers, and variable white or pink petals.

Silene stellata (L.) Coyte

Silene stellata is a flowering plant native to central and eastern US that blooms June to September, primarily pollinated by moths.

Silene tatarica (L.) Pers.

Silene tatarica (Tartarian catchfly) is a riparian flowering plant in genus Silene found in parts of Europe and western Asia.

Silene undulata Aiton

Silene undulata Aiton is a South African native herb, known as African dream root, traditionally used as a oneirogen by the Xhosa people.

Silene uniflora Roth

Silene uniflora Roth is a mat-forming perennial maritime plant native to European and North Atlantic coasts, introduced to other regions.

Silene verecunda S.Watson

Silene verecunda S.Watson is an extremely variable perennial herb with veined calyxes and lobed white or pink petals.

Silene virginica L.

Silene virginica (fire pink) is a red-flowered North American perennial that is mainly pollinated by ruby-throated hummingbirds.

Silene viscosa (L.) Pers.

Silene viscosa, the white sticky catchfly, is a Caryophyllaceae flowering plant with two divergent genetic lineages hinting at a cryptic species.

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

Silene vulgaris is a widespread flowering plant native to Eurasia and North Africa, with edible young and mature leaves used for food.

Spergula arvensis L.

Spergula arvensis L., or corn spurry, is an annual broadleaf weed that spreads via seeds, with oxalates toxic to livestock in large amounts.

Spergula morisonii Boreau

Morison's spurry (Spergula morisonii) is a flowering Caryophyllaceae species native to Europe and northwestern Africa.

Spergularia marina (L.) Besser

Spergularia marina is a salt-tolerant flowering plant in the pink family, commonly called salt sandspurry or lesser sea-spurrey.

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

Spergularia media is an annual or perennial herb with fleshy leaves, small white to pinkish flowers, and winged tiny seeds.

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Spergularia rubra is a herb in the Caryophyllaceae family native to Eurasia and North Africa, often a common introduced weed elsewhere.

Stellaria alsine Grimm

Stellaria alsine Grimm, or bog stitchwort, is a rhizomatous perennial herb that grows in wetland habitats across multiple continents.

Stellaria apetala Bernardino

Stellaria apetala (lesser chickweed) is a low-growing, patch-forming annual herb widespread across Europe and introduced globally.

Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.

Stellaria aquatica, water chickweed, is a white-flowered perennial herb of the carnation family native to temperate central and western Europe.

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