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Silene conoidea
Also called Large Sand Catchfly, Weed Campion, Cone Campion, Conoid Catchfly, Cone Catchfly
Weed silene is an annual wildflower, often seen as a weed in disturbed ground, with pink flowers held in inflated, veined calyxes. It is grown mainly for interest or as a wildflower and is easy to start from seed in sun and well-drained soil.
Silene conoidea is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names weed silene and large sand catchfly. It is native to Eurasia, and it is known in other parts of the world, such as western North America, as a weed.
Moss campion · Pink Family · Silene banksia · Maltese-cross · Silene cognata · Crown-pink · Forked Catchfly · Ragged Robin · Silene flos-jovis · Common catchfly · Bladder campion · Nightflowering silene
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene conoidea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
