genus silene
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Large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion;
Catchfly (synset 111835663)is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersmember holonym:- campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene
- moss campion, silene acaulis - tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
- silene caroliniana, wild pink - perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
- lychnis dioica, red bird's eye, red campion, silene dioica - biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
- bladder campion, evening lychnis, lychnis alba, silene latifolia, white campion, white cockle - bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
- fire pink, silene virginica - perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
belongs to: carnation family, caryophyllaceae, family caryophyllaceae, pink family - large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
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