BLADDER CAMPION

Class: Silene vulgaris, cucubalus

Family: PINK FAMILY

Sub Family: Caryophylaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: White Ben

Colour: White

Height: Up to 60 cm (2')

Each Flower: 2 cm (3/4") across with 5 deeply notched, rounded petals which taper to form loose tube surrounded by bladder-shaped 5-pointed calyx, greyish-green and appears mottled by network of light veins, up to 1.5 cm (5/8") long, 3 styles; at flower-stem branches are opposite pairs of tiny leaves

Leaves: Opposite, lance-shaped, and stalkless, lower ones up to 6.5 cm (2 1/2") long and pale, dull green with prominent midribs

Stems: Pale green, round, rigid, and smooth with a hard, small swelling at leaf nodes

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Waste ground, roadsides, and fields at lower elevations

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