Common name:
Red campion
Family:
Scientific name:
Silene dioica
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, pathways, woodland margins, waste ground
Flowers:
Up to 30 mm in diameter; a tubular, white or pale pink corolla opening to five reddish-pink (rarely white) lobes, divided about half their length, and a hairy, green to purplish calyx with five short, blunt lobes. The calyx inflates as the flower starts to wither. This is a dioecious species, and male flowers are smaller than female flowers
Leaves:
Ovate to lanceolate, up to 10 cm long, with pointed tips; hairy along the margins and on the undersurfaces
Season:
March to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
