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Sea Campion, Silene uniflora 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

Sea Campion, Silene uniflora
Sea Campion, Silene uniflora
Studland, Dorset. June 2006

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