Silene conica
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
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