Caryophyllaceae
Sea campion
Silene uniflora
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- سى كامبيون
- Chinese
- 海滨蝇子草, 海濱蠅子草, 滨海蝇子草
- Danish
- Strand-Limurt
- English
- Sea campion
- Finnish
- Merikohokki
- German
- Klippen-Leimkraut, Einblütiges Leimkraut
- Icelandic
- Holurt
- Irish
- Coireán mara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandsmelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandsmelle
- Swedish
- Strandglim
- Welsh
- Gludlys arfor
Synonyms
- Behen maritimus (With.) Link
- Behen uniflorus Link
- Behenantha uniflora (Roth) Ikonn.
- Cucubalus littoralis Pers.
- Cucubalus maritimus (With.) Lam.
- Oberna uniflora (Roth) Ikonn.
- Silene maritima With.
- Silene maritima subsp. islandica Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Silene uniflora subsp. cratericola (Franco) Franco
- Silene vulgaris subsp. cratericola Franco
- Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Photos
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Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tania vila, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Panadería Didáctica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Olivier FOURY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.