species
Silene gallica
Small-flowered catchfly
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Silene gallica belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae, also known as Small-flowered catchfly, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is acid or neutral and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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