Caryophyllaceae
Forked catchfly
Silene dichotoma
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- سيلينة ثنائية التفرع
- arz
- سيلينه ثنائية التفرع
- Belarusian
- Смалёўка вільчатая
- Czech
- Silenka rozsochatá
- Dutch
- Gaffelsilene
- English
- Forked catchfly
- Estonian
- Harkjas põisrohi
- Finnish
- Hankakohokki, Peltohankakohokki
- French
- Silène bifurqué, Silène dichotome
- German
- Gabel-Leimkraut
- Latvian
- Žuburotā plaukšķene
- Macedonian
- Дводелен плускавец
- Persian
- سیلن دوشاخه
- Polish
- Lepnica dwudzielna
- Slovenian
- Vilasta lepnica
- Welsh
- Gludlys Fforchog
Synonyms
- Silene dichotoma subsp. dichotoma
- Silene mathei Pénzes
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: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Elena Benti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Ren., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Elena Benti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: B1jam1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Didier BOCQUET, 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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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.