Caryophyllaceae
Pink campion
Silene repens
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 蔓茎蝇子草, 蔓莖蠅子草, 匍生蝇子草, 匍生鹤草, 山银柴胡, 毛萼麦瓶草, 蔓麦瓶草, 蝇子草
- English
- Pink campion, Creeping catchfly
- Korean
- 오랑캐장구채
- Latvian
- Ložņu plaukšķene
- Russian
- Смолёвка ползучая, Смолевка ползучая, Смолёвка корнеползучая
Synonyms
- Cucubalus congestus Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl.
- Silene pachyrrhiza Franch.
- Silene purpurata Greene
- Silene repens f. sinensis F.N.Williams
- Silene repens subsp. australis C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
- Silene repens subsp. purpurata (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire
- Silene repens subsp. repens
- Silene repens var. angustifolia Turcz.
- Silene repens var. australis (C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire) C.L.Hitchc.
- Silene repens var. costata (F.N.Williams) B.Boivin
- Silene repens var. glandulosa Y.W.Cui & L.H.Zhou
- Silene repens var. latifolia Turcz.
- Silene repens var. repens
- Silene repens var. sinensis (F.N.Williams) C.L.Tang
- Silene repens var. typica Regel
- Silene repens var. vulgaris Turcz.
- Silene repens var. xilingensis Y.Z.Zhao
- Silene scouleri var. costata F.N.Williams
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 30 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yoshimasa Uchiyama, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hampton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zoe O., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.