Biology
- Flowering plants of the Caryophyllaceae genera Lychnis and Silene, including:
- Silene acaulis, or moss campion, a flower found in Eurasia and North America
- Silene dioica, or red campion, a native European flower
- Silene latifolia, or white campion, a flower found in Africa, western Asia, Europe and North America
- Silene tomentosa, or Gibraltar campion, endemic to Gibraltar
- Silene vulgaris, or bladder campion, native to Europe but widespread in North America
- Silene stenophylla, or narrow-leafed campion, native to far eastern Siberia. Individuals have been recently regenerated from frozen fruit dating from the Pleistocene
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