Caryophyllaceae
White sticky catchfly
Silene viscosa
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Элізанта ліпкая
- Czech
- Silenka lepkavá
- English
- White sticky catchfly
- Estonian
- Pihkane põisrohi, Pihkane hädaras, Pihkane pusurohi, Pihkne põisrohi
- Finnish
- Tahma-ailakki
- German
- Klebriges Leimkraut
- hsb
- Lěpjacy kobjelkač
- Latvian
- Lipīgā plaukšķene
- Macedonian
- Леплив плускавец
- Polish
- Lepnica lepka
- Russian
- Смолёвка клейкая, Дрёма клейкая, Дрёма липкая, Лжесмолёвка клейкая, Скрытолепестник липкий, Смолёвка липкая, Элизанта клйкая, Элизанта липкая
- Swedish
- Klibbglim
Synonyms
- Carpophora viscosa (L.) Tzvelev
- Carpophora viscosa var. kossinskyi Tzvelev
- Carpophora viscosa var. krascheninnikovii Tzvelev
- Cucubalus dubrensis Mill.
- Cucubalus royenii M.Bieb.
- Cucubalus viscidus Krock.
- Cucubalus viscosus L.
- Elisanthe viscosa Rupr.
- Melandrium viscosum Čelak.
- Viscago viscosa Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 120 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Светлана Панкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Grundner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Евгений Бологов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Claus-Dieter Seidel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Evgeniya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Nightflowering sileneSilene noctifloraCaryophyllaceae
- Common catchflySilene gallicaCaryophyllaceae
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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.