Caryophyllaceae
Yellowgreen catchfly
Silene chlorantha
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- سيلين كلورانثا
- Belarusian
- Смалёўка зеленаватая
- Bulgarian
- Зеленикаво плюскавиче
- English
- Yellowgreen catchfly
- Estonian
- Palu-põisrohi
- German
- Grünblütiges Leimkraut
- hsb
- Zelenojty lěpjenk
- Latvian
- Zaļziedu plaukšķene
- Lithuanian
- Žalsvoji naktižiedė
- Polish
- Lepnica zielonawa
- Russian
- Смолёвка зелёноцветковая
Synonyms
- Cucubalus chloranthus Willd.
- Viscago chlorantha (Willd.) Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Горбушина, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.