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| Missing image White_campion_close_700.jpg Silene latifolia (White Campion) | ||||||||||||
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About 300 species, including: |
Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion (shared with the related genus Lychnis) and catchfly.
Red Campion (S. dioica) and White Campion (S. latifolia) are common wildflowers throughout Europe and elsewhere. They readily hybridise to produce plants with paler pink flowers. The Moss campion is common in the high arctic.
External links
- Evolution of Sex Chromosomes: The Case of the White Campion. (http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0030028) PLoS Biol 3(1): e28.
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