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Tatarian Catchfly

Silene tatarica

Tatarian Catchfly
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
N. & EC. Europe to W. Siberia
Climate
temperate

About

Silene tatarica, called the Tartarian catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silene, found in north-central Europe and western Asia, from Germany and Norway eastwards to western Siberia and Kazakhstan. A specialist of riparian habitats, its seeds are dispersed by water.

Other Silene plants

Moss campion · Silene acutifolia · Egyptian Campion · Silene akaisialpina · Kamalo Gulch catchfly · Pink Family · Silene amoena · Silene andicola · Silene andryalifolia · Sleepy silene · Naked catchfly · Silene apetala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene tatarica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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