Species

Silene gallica

Common Name(s)

catchfly

Authority

Silene gallica L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SILGAL

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

1854

Origin

Mediterranean region, northwards to Denmark, Poland and C. Russia

This page last updated on 27 May 2010