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Silene latifolia latifolia

(Silene latifolia latifolia)

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Description

Silene latifolia (formerly Melandrium album),the 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 a short-lived perennial plant,growing to between 40-80 centimetres tall.It is also known in the USA as bladder campion but should not be confused with Silene vulgaris,which is more generally called Bladder Campion.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Caryophyllaceae
Genus:Silene
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