Campions & Catchflys
Campion Family - Caryophyllaceae
Common Soapwort Saponaria officinalisNative throughout Europe and the mediterranean Region eastwards to western Asia. A spreading perennial that can form quite extensive stands of vegetation. Flowers carried in whorls on upright spikes; sometimes found in its double-flowered form. Leaves have distinctly impressed veins.
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Cowherb Gypsophila vaccaria
(Vaccaria hispanica) Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Himalayas. A small plant, usually less than 30cm high. The strongly five-ribbed calyx is distinctive.
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Hairy Pink Petrorhagia dubia
(Petrorhagia velutina) Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. Frequent in grassy and rocky places. Has a section of dense, glandular hairs on the stem, near the leaf nodes.
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Common Corncockle Agrostemma githago
Native from Italy westwards through the Mediterranean to the Caucasus amd Iran. A distinctive species, due to its very long sepals and hairy, lanceolate leaves and stems.
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Forked Catchfly Silene dichotoma
Native from Italy eastwards through South-east Europe to western Siberia and through the Middle East to Iran. A common species along roadsides and field margins in Lesvos.
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Italian Catchfly Silene italica
Native to southern Europe and eastwards through the Black Sea region to the Caucasus and Iran.
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Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Native throughout most of temperate and warm temperate Eurasia.
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Bean Catchfly Silene fabaria
Native to Greece and Turkey. Typically found in coastal habitats.
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Stonecrop Catchfly Silene sedoides
Native to the Mediterranean Region and typically found in coastal sands and rocks.
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Cretan Catchfly Silene cretica
Native to the Mediterranean Region from Italy to the Middle East.
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Behen Catchfly Silene behen
Native to the Mediterranean Region in grassy places.
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Nocturnal Catchfly Silene nocturna
Native to the Mediterranean Region in grassy places. Flowers clustered close together, unstalked; calyx pubescent.
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Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica
Native to the Mediterranean Region and widely introduced elsewhere. Occurs in a wide range of habitats but typically in disturbed or cultivated ground.
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Mediterranean Catchfly Silene colorata
Native and common in the Mediterranean Region, most often in coastal sands or on road verges. As with a number of catchfly species, the petals inroll on themselves during the heat of the day.
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