Silene latifolia, commonly known as white campion, is a dioecious flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to most of Europe, Western Asia and northern Africa. It is a herbaceous annual, occasionally biennial or short-lived perennial, growing 40 to 80 centimeters tall; young plants form basal rosettes of oval to lanceolate leaves before mature plants develop forked stems with opposite paired leaves. Its flowers are 2.5 to 3 centimeters across, with a distinctive inflated calyx and five white petals, each deeply notched, and the whole plant is densely hairy. The species has also become naturalized in North America, particularly the north-central and northeastern United States, believed to have arrived there via ship ballast. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikidata: Silene latifolia
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Morocco, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
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Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikipedia: Silene latifolia
Silene latifolia (Wikipedia)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Silene latifolia
Child Taxon Of: Caryophyllaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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