Silene L.
Styles 3
Calyx 10-veined, not inflated, up to 5 mm diam
Plant not clammy or sticky. Calyx c. 10 mm long, narrowing slightly but not constricted towards the top; hairs not glandular. Lower leaves narrow-elliptic-obovate, up to 6 cm long. Petals pink. Annual up to 40 cm high. Coast and Cumberland Plain. Weed in waste places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring Silene nocturna
Plant clammy and sticky above. Calyx c. 8 mm long, distinctly constricted at the base of the teeth; hairs glandular. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, 2–6 cm long. Annual up to 30 cm high. Widespread. Weed in gardens and waste places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer.