HYPP-A Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie
Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : melal

Scientific name: Silene latifolia Poiret

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke, Silene inflata Sm. Silene cucubalus Wibel.

Classification: Caryophyllaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: bladder campion

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Weiße Lichtnelke ; ES : ; FR : compagnon blanc ; IT : silene a foglie larghe ; PT : ; EN : ; NL : avondskoekoeksbloem ;

Biological type: Perennial

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, aristate, sessile.

- Leaves entire, lanceolate, more or less dentate.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 50-100 cm. Plant hairy, glandular above.

- Stem branched.

- Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, undulate.

- Flowers white rarely pink, large, unisexual (dioecious plant), evening-scented, in dichasium. Calyx oblong becoming swollen-ovoid in the fruit with 3-angled and obtuse teeth. Petals 2-fid, crowned with ovate scales.

- Fruit: a large capsule without carpophore or septum, less than 2 cm long, with 10 teeth more or less erect when the fruit is ripe. Seeds dorsally flattened.

- Biological type: perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Present     Spain  Rare     France  Present     Portugal  Rare    

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