Silene alba

SILENE alba
(LYCHNIS alba,
MELANDRIUM album)
White Campion

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 1-2' (30-60 cm)

Flowering Time: Spring, summer

Flower Colour: White

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Caryophyllidae (Pinks Superorder)

Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks Order)

Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pinks Family)

Genus: Silene (Catchfly)

Species: alba (white)

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Silene alba is a tall and elegant plant, with softly hairy stems to 2' or so high, and large, solid, soft white flowers a little over an inch across, in an inflated, purple-lined calyx. These have a slight perfume at night, to attract moths to pollinate the flowers.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Autumn
Outside
( days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a capsule inside the calyx.
Seed The seeds are dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod.
Seedling The seedling has softly hairy leaves.

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				Germination: Autumn Outside ( days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a capsule inside the calyx. Seed The seeds are dark brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod. Seedling The seedling has softly hairy leaves.