Species

Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima

Etymology

maritima: From the Latin mare 'sea', meaning growing on the sea shore

Common Name(s)

Sea campion

Authority

Silene vulgaris subsp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SILVSM

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

White

This page last updated on 4 Dec 2015