Family: Caryophyllaceae Sea Campion Silene uniflora Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native Usually coastal on sea cliffs and shingle beaches, most frequent on western coasts but also found inland in mountainous areas. Erect white flowers with notched, over-lapping petals and inflated pinkish-brown calyxes. The small waxy leaves can form large mats of non-flowering shoots. Height 8-25cm Similar: Bladder Campion, S. vulgaris. Drooping flowers, divided petals

Sea Campion, Silene uniflora
Studland, Dorset. June 2006