Campions & Catchflys

Behen Catchfly Petrorhagia glumacea Stonecrop Catchfly Stonecrop Catchfly



Campion Family - Caryophyllaceae

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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     Petrorhagia glumacea

Native to the southern Balkan Peninsula. Frequent in grassy and rocky places. Stems entirely hairless.

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Bladder Campion      Silene vulgaris

Native throughout most of temperate and warm temperate Eurasia.

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Entire-petalled Catchfly      Silene integripetala ssp. integripetala

Native and endemic to the hills of southern Peloponnese. An annual, often appearing in abundance in favoured places in spring.

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Entire-petalled Catchfly      Silene integripetala ssp. lidenii

Native and endemic to southern Peloponnese and western Crete. Scarce and scattered in rocky places. Originally described from Crete and first found on the Mani Peninsula in 2007.

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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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