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Silene latifolia latifolia (Silene latifolia latifolia)

Description

Silene latifolia (formerly Melandrium album),the white campion is a dioecious flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae,native to most of Europe,Western Asia and Northern Africa.It is a herbaceous annual,occasionally biennial or a short-lived perennial plant,growing to between 40-80 centimetres tall.It is also known in the USA as bladder campion but should not be confused with Silene vulgaris,which is more generally called Bladder Campion.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Caryophyllaceae

              • Genus: Silene