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Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

Flowers, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Flowers
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Salads
Blooming period
March to July
Foraging period
January to April
Seed collection period
June to August

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Silene
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Wikidata item
Q511103
GBIF Item
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke (9172281)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Mdpi. Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Weeds or “New Functional Crops”?. (2021, November 20).
  2. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, March 10). Silene vulgaris. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:24, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silene_vulgaris&oldid=1076269675
  3. Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)

Citation

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/632 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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