Silene conica
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1899
Origin
Mediterranean, C. and S. Europe from Britain to Ukraine, N.W. Africa, Asia Minor
Other information
Etymology
conica: From the Latin conicus ‘cone’, meaning having the figure of a true cone
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
SILCON