Silene noctiflora

Silene noctiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. noctiflora
Binomial name
Silene noctiflora

Silene noctiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names night-flowering catchfly,[1] nightflowering silene[2] and clammy cockle. It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. In North America, it is a common weed of grain crops in the Canadian prairie provinces and in much of the United States.[3] It grows in fields and in other disturbed habitat.

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Silene noectiflora​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ North American Plant Protection Organization Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine