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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

Mdpi. Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: Weeds or “New Functional Crops”?. (2021, November 20).
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
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.