Silene

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Silene latifolia (White Campion)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene L.

Species

About 300 species, including:
Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)
Silene armeria (Sweet William Catchfly)
Silene chalcedonica (Maltese cross)
Silene conica (Sand Catchfly)
Silene dichotoma (Forked Catchfly)
Silene dioica (Red Campion)
Silene gallica (Small-flowered Catchfly)
Silene italica (Italian Catchfly)
Silene latifolia (White Campion)
Silene linicola (Flaxfield Catchfly)
Silene maritima (Sea Campion)
Silene noctiflora (Night-flowering Catchfly)
Silene nutans (Nottingham Catchfly)
Silene otites (Spanish Catchfly)
Silene rupestris (Rock Campion)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Silene uniflora (Sea Campion)
Silene virginica (Firepink)
Silene viscosa (White Sticky Catchfly)
Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion)
Silene wahlbergella (Northern Catchfly)

Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion (shared with the related genus Lychnis) and catchfly.

Red Campion (S. dioica) and White Campion (S. latifolia) are common wildflowers throughout Europe and elsewhere. They readily hybridise to produce plants with paler pink flowers. The Moss campion is common in the high arctic.

Silene species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Silene.