Irish wildflowers sitemap


Photos: Co.Cork

Red Campion
Silene dioica
Coireán coilleach
Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering time: April-August. Perennial, sometimes annual. Native.

Bright pink flowers, unscented. Opposite, sticky-hairy, broad-lanceolate leaves. Creeping rhizomes. Height: 30-90cm. Hybrids occur with White Campion.

Hedgerows and woods, prefers rich, damp ground. Locally frequent N, E, rare in other parts of Ireland.

Similar: White Campion, S. alba.
     


    
Red Campion

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