Pan India Bouquets

Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause

Family : Caryophyllaceae
(Pink Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Caryophyllaceae
Basionym : Lychnis alba Mill.
Synonym(s) : Lychnis alba Mill.; Lychnis pratensis Rafn; Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke; Melandrium album var. advenum Tzvelev; Melandrium dioicum subsp. album (Mill.) D.Löve; Melandrium vespertinum Fr.; Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L.Krause; Silene latifolia f. incarnata (Peterm.) Lambinon; Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godr.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Silene latifolia subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet
Common name : white campion
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open habitats, particularly wasteland and fields, most commonly on neutral to alkaline soils
Flower, Fruit : March-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Temperate Eurasia, Morocco
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia, Morocco, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Azores, Great Britain, Haiti, Ireland, Manchuria, New Mexico
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 81
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Silene alba. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.