Caryophyllaceae
Gunpowder plant
Silene undulata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (15)
- Afrikaans
- Kleinwildetabak, Wildetabak
- arz
- سيلين اوندولاتا
- Chinese
- 非洲夢根草, 非洲梦根草
- Czech
- Silenka kapská, Africký kořen snů
- English
- Gunpowder plant, Cape catchfly, Wild tobacco, African dream root, Dream root, Waved-leaved catchfly
- German
- Afrikanische Traumwurzel
- Japanese
- シレネ・カペンシス
- Latvian
- Undlela ziimhlophe, Āfrikas sapņu sakne
- Macedonian
- Капски плускавец
- Malayalam
- സൈലീൻ ഉൻഡുലത, സൈലീൻ കപെൻസിസ് ,ആഫ്രിക്കൻ ഡ്രീം റൂട്ട്
- Persian
- قلیانک غولپیکر
- Russian
- Африканский корень сновидений, Корень сновидений
- Southern Sotho
- Lithotoana, Molokoloko
- Spanish
- Raíz africana de sueño
- Zulu
- Ulimi olumnandi
Synonyms
- Melandrium afrum (Fenzl ex Müll.Berol.) Rohrb.
- Melandrium caffrum (Fenzl ex Müll.Berol.) Rohrb.
- Melandrium undulatum subsp. afrum (Fenzl ex Müll.Berol.) Rohrb.
- Melandrium undulatum var. caffrum (Fenzl ex Müll.Berol. ) Rohrb.
- Melandrium undulatum var. capense (Otth) Rohrb.
- Silene afra Fenzl ex Müll.Berol.
- Silene caffra Fenzl ex Müll.Berol.
- Silene capensis Otth
Flowers
- In flower
- March, May, September to January (from 147 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bullwooding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.