Caryophyllaceae

Weed silene

Silene conoidea L.

Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene

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Weed silene: Habitus Taxonym: Silene conoidea ss Fischer et al. EfÖLS 2008 ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 Location: 500 m northeast of Neudegg, district Tulln, Lower Austria - ca. 3 — Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: سيلينة مخروطانية, زعفر
Chinese: 麥瓶草, 麦瓶草, 净瓶, 米瓦罐, 麦瓶草种子
English: Weed silene
Finnish: Kartiokohokki
Persian: سیلن هرز
Punjabi: ਤੱਕਲਾ

Synonyms

Conosilene conica subsp. conoidea (L.) Á.Löve & Kjellq.
Conosilene conoidea Fourr.
Cucubalus conoideus Lam.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rakesh Verma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jorge Íñiguez, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: University of Vienna - Herbarium WU, 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.