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Photographs: Mizen area, Co.Cork

Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Coireán na gcuach
Family: Caryophyllaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Drooping white flowers, 3 styles, cleft petals, not overlapping.
Fragrant. Oval inflated calyx. Pointed oval grey-green leaves.
Usually waxy, hairless, sometimes slightly hairy. Height: 25-90 cm.

Usually found inland. Open grassland, roadsides, prefers sandy ground.

Similar: Sea Campion, S. uniflora.
Coastal. Erect flowers, overlapping petals.
     
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