Silene L.
Styles 3
Calyx 10-veined, not inflated, up to 5 mm diam
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.
Petal limb uniformly white or pink. French Catchfly Silene gallicaquinquevulnera
Petal limb with crimson blotch. Five-wounded Catchfly Silene gallicagallica