Species

Silene conica

Etymology

conica: From the Latin conicus 'cone', meaning having the figure of a true cone

Authority

Silene conica L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SILCON

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Red / Pink

Year Naturalised

1899

Origin

Mediterranean, C. and S. Europe from Britain to Ukraine, N.W. Africa, Asia Minor

This page last updated on 28 May 2010