Taxon: Silene latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CT(as Lychnis alba)°, WA(as Lychnis alba)°, WI(as Silene alba)°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See other conspecific taxa:

• Silene latifolia (no accessions)

Common names:

• white campion   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 ) – English
  
• white cockle   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 ) – English
  
• silène blanc   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• weiße Lichtnelke   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• vitblära   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Taxon 30:27. 1981)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria
  Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Liaoning
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Subarctic America: Greenland
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

Synonyms:

• (≡) Lychnis alba Mill. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Melandrium album (Mill.) Garcke
  
• (≡) Silene alba (Mill.) E. H. L. Krause
  
• (=) Silene pratensis (Rafn) Godr.
  

Check other web resources for Silene latifolia Poir. subsp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Images:

• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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