Caryophyllaceae
Common catchfly
Silene gallica
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Silene gallicaCaryophyllaceae
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- سيلينة فرنسية, اللسيعة, حشيشة الذبان
- arz
- سيلينه فرنسيه
- Catalan
- Silène de france
- Chinese
- 匙葉麥瓶草, 西欧蝇子草, 蝇子草
- Czech
- Silenka francouzská
- Dutch
- Franse silene
- English
- Common catchfly, Small-flowered catchfly
- Finnish
- Ranskankohokki
- French
- Silène de france
- German
- Französisches Leimkraut, Silène de france
- grc
- Ὠκιμοειδές
- Hebrew
- ציפרנית צרפתית
- Japanese
- マンテマ
- Latvian
- Gallijas plaukšķene
- Lithuanian
- Silène de france
- Macedonian
- Галски плускавец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fransk smelle
- Polish
- Lepnica francuska
- Slovak
- Silenka francúzska
- Slovenian
- Francoska lepnica
- Swedish
- Silène de france
- Ukrainian
- Смілка гальська
- Welsh
- Gludlys amryliw
Synonyms
- Corone gallica Fourr.
- Corone quinquevulnera Hoffmanns. ex Steud.
- Cucubalus sylvestris Lam.
- Cucubalus variegatus Lam.
- Lychnis cerastoides Scop.
- Silene anglica L.
- Silene cerastoides L.
- Silene chilensis Cham. & Schltdl. ex Rohrb.
- Silene gallica f. gallica
- Silene gallica f. quinquevulnera (L.) W.D.J.Koch
- Silene gallica subsp. anglica (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Silene gallica subsp. chermezonis Sennen
- Silene gallica var. chermezonis Sennen
- Silene giraldii Guss.
- Silene linophila Rothm.
- Silene quinquevulnera L.
- Silene transtagana Cout.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.