Caryophyllaceae
Silene behen
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- سيلينة بانية
- Chinese
- 小瓣雪轮
Synonyms
- Ebraxis behen (L.) Tzvelev
- Oberna carpatica (Zapał.) Czerep.
- Silene carpatica Zapal.
- Silene reinholdii Heldr.
- Silene venosa var. carpatica Zapal.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 5,855 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mourad Harzallah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sönke Bonde, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mete toppare, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Angelos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.