Silene gallica

French Catchfly at Quaama, NSW

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Unverified 25 Oct 2020 FionaG

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Strong green stem with a pair of narrow leaves well spaced apart from the next leaves. The flowers are made up with 5 separate roundish petals with a dark pinky red spot making up the most part and a surrounding of pale pink with a white centre. The entire flower was approximately 1 cm in diameter.

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Silene gallica Scientific name
  • French Catchfly Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 900.13m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower

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