Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion)

Contents

1 Bladder Campion
- 1.1 PHOTOS OF BLADDER CAMPION
- 1.2 Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke – (Bladder Campion)

Bladder Campion

PHOTOS OF BLADDER CAMPION

Photo of Silene vulgaris

Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke – (Bladder Campion)

Perennial herb of the pink family -Caryophilaceae- up to 90 cm. Usually glabrous stems. Leaves with hairy margin, lanceolate pointed. Sagging flowers till 2,5 cm. with a very inflated calyx, remembering a bladder and very divided petals. In grasslands, sandy dry places and fields.

Used as a medicinal and edible vegetable

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