page_title: Silene
section_title: Selected species
hierarchical_section_title: Silene / Selected species
caption_attribution_description: Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera (L.) W.D.J.Koch English: Five-wounded Catchfly at Les Issambres, Var, France
context_page_description: Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Containing nearly 900 species, it is the largest genus in the family. Common names include campion and catchfly. Many Silene species are widely distributed, particularly in the northern hemisphere.
context_section_description: When the related genera Lychnis, Melandrium, and Viscaria are included in Silene, it contains about 900 species. 
  Species include:
  Silene acaulis – moss campion
  Silene alexandri – Kamalo Gulch catchfly
  Silene antirrhina – sleepy catchfly
  Silene aperta – naked catchfly
  Silene armeria – Sweet William catchfly
  Silene bernardina – Palmer's catchfly
  Silene biafrae
  Silene bridgesii – Bridges' catchfly
  Silene caliacrae
  Silene campanulata – Red Mountain catchfly
  Silene capensis – large-flowered catchfly, gunpowder plant, wild tobacco
  Silene caroliniana – wild pink
  Silene caucasica
  Silene chalcedonica (flower of Bristol, Maltese cross, meadow campion)
  Silene coeli-rosa
  Silene cognata
  Silene colorata
  Silene conica – sand catchfly
  Silene conoidea – weed silene
  Silene coronaria – rose campion
  Silene dichotoma – forked catchfly
  Silene diclinis
  Silene dioica – red campion
  Silene douglasii – Douglas' catchfly
  Silene erciyesdaghensis – discovered on Mount Erciyes and named after it
  Silene fernandezii
  Silene flos-cuculi – ragged robin
  Silene flos-jovis – flower-of-Jove
  Silene fraudatrix – North Cyprus catchfly
  Silene gallica – small-flowered catchfly
  Silene gazulensis
  Silene grayi – Gray's catchfly
  Silene hawaiiensis – Hawaii catchfly
  Silene hicesiae
  Silene hookeri – Hooker's silene
  Silene horvati – Horvats's catchfly
  Silene invisa – red fir catchfly
  Silene jenisseensis
  Silene italica – Italian catchfly
  Silene koreana – sticky catchfly
  Silene laciniata
  Silene laevigata – Troödos catchfly
  Silene lanceolata – Kauai catchfly
  Silene latifolia – white campion
  Silene lemmonii – Lemmon's catchfly
  Silene linicola – flaxfield catchfly
  Silene marmorensis – Marble Mountain catchfly
  Silene menziesii – Menzies' campion
  Silene multinervia – manynerve catchfly
  Silene nivalis
  Silene noctiflora – night-flowering catchfly
  Silene nuda – western fringed catchfly
  Silene nutans – Nottingham catchfly
  Silene occidentalis – western catchfly
  Silene oregana – Oregon silene
  Silene otites – Spanish catchfly
  Silene ovata – ovate-leaved catchfly
  Silene paeoniensis – Paeonian catchfly
  Silene parishii – Parish's catchfly
  Silene parryi
  Silene perlmanii – cliff-face catchfly
  Silene polypetala – eastern fringed catchfly
  Silene prilepensis – Prilep catchfly
  Silene regia – royal catchfly, showy catchfly
  Silene rothmaleri
  Silene rotundifolia – roundleaf catchfly
  Silene rupestris – rock campion
  Silene salmonacea – Klamath Mountain catchfly
  Silene samojedorum
  Silene sargentii – Sargent's catchfly
  Silene schafta – autumn catchfly
  Silene scouleri – simple campion
  Silene seelyi
  Silene sennenii
  Silene serpentinicola – serpentine Indian pink
  Silene sorensenis – Sorensen's catchfly
  Silene spaldingii – Spalding's silene
  Silene stellata – starry campion
  Silene stenophylla – narrow-leafed campion
  Silene suecica
  Silene suksdorfii – Suksdorf's silene
  Silene taimyrensis – Taymyr catchfly
  Silene tomentosa
  Silene undulata
  Silene uniflora – sea campion
  Silene vallesia
  Silene verecunda – San Francisco campion
  Silene villosa
  Silene virginica – fire pink
  Silene viscaria – sticky catchfly
  Silene viscariopsis – Mariovo catchfly
  Silene viscosa – white sticky catchfly
  Silene vulgaris – bladder campion
  Silene wahlbergella – northern catchfly
  Silene wilfordii
caption: Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera
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