Silene pendula

Silene pendula, called the nodding catchfly or drooping catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silene, native to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, and introduced to scattered locations in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.[2] A number of cultivars are available.[3] A 2020 study showed with certainty that, despite their morphological similarities, Silene cisplatensis is not synonymous with Silene pendula.[4]

Silene pendula
'Compacta' cultivar
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. pendula
Binomial name
Silene pendula
Synonyms[2]
  • Silene cisplatensis Cambess.
  • Silene crispa Moench

References
  1. Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)
  2. "Silene pendula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. "Silene pendula nodding catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Other common names; ... Italian catchfly, pendulous catchfly
  4. Jafari, Farzaneh; Zarre, Shahin; Gholipour, Abbas; Eggens, Frida; Rabeler, Richard K.; Oxelman, Bengt (2020). "A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species‐rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae)". Taxon. 69 (2): 337–368. doi:10.1002/tax.12230. hdl:2027.42/156144. S2CID 225737766.


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