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Silene uniflora

Tarakena Bay, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 14/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Flower bud. Tarakena Bay, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 14/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Developing fruit. Tarakena Bay, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 14/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

sea campion

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Silene

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Authority

Silene uniflora Roth

Synonyms

Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

uniflora: Single-flowered

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.

SILUNI

Referencing and citations

Attribution

Runyeon, H.; Prentice, H.C. 1997: Genetic differentiation in the Bladder campions, Silene vulgaris and S. uniflora (Caryophyllaceae), in Sweden. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 559–584.

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