Caryophyllaceae
Nightflowering silene
Silene noctiflora
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Silene noctifloraCaryophyllaceae
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Common names
By language (23)
- Belarusian
- Элізанта начакветкавая
- Chinese
- 夜花蝇子草, 夜花蠅子草, 夜花女娄菜
- Czech
- Silenka noční
- Dutch
- Nachtkoekoeksbloem
- English
- Nightflowering silene, Night-flowering campion, Night-flowering catchfly, Night-flowering silene, Night-scented catchfly
- Estonian
- Öö-põisrohi, Öö-pusurohi, Ööhädaras
- Finnish
- Yöailakki
- French
- Compagnon de nuit
- German
- Acker-Lichtnelke, Acker-Leimkraut, Ackernelke, Ackerlichtnelke, Nachtblühendes Leimkraut
- hsb
- Nócny lěpjenk
- Hungarian
- Esti mécsvirág
- Icelandic
- Rökkurstjarna
- Latvian
- Nakts plaukšķene
- Macedonian
- Ноќноцветен плускавец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nattsmelle
- Persian
- سیلن شبگل
- Polish
- Lepnica nocna, Bniec dwudzielny
- Romanian
- Gușa porumbelului
- Russian
- Смолёвка ночецветная
- Slovak
- Silenka nočná
- Slovenian
- Nočni slizek
- Swedish
- Nattglim
- Welsh
- Gludlys nos-flodeuol
Synonyms
- Cucubalus noctiflorus Mill.
- Elisanthe noctiflora (L.) Rupr.
- Lychnis noctiflora Schreb.
- Melandrium noctiflorum (L.) Fr.
- Saponaria noctiflora Fenzl ex Nyman
- Silene dichotoma Gilib.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: 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.