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Silene vulgaris (Maidenstears)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Silene vulgaris, the bladder campion or maidenstears, is a plant species of the genus Silene of the pink family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to Europe, where in some parts it is eaten, but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.
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Infraspecies

Silene vulgaris aetnensis
Silene vulgaris bosniaca
Silene vulgaris f. oleracea
Silene vulgaris f. vulgaris
Silene vulgaris macrocarpa
Silene vulgaris megalosperma
Silene vulgaris suffrutescens
Silene vulgaris tenoreana
Silene vulgaris var. humilis
Silene vulgaris var. littoralis
Silene vulgaris var. pubescens
Silene vulgaris var. vulgaris
Silene vulgaris vourinensis
Silene vulgaris vulgaris

Predators

Cassida hemisphaerica[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia behenis[1]
Uromyces behenis[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0