SEA CAMPION

Silene Uniflora

Carnation and Campion Family [Caryophyllaceae]  

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13th May 2008, under Alltwen, North Wales Coast Path. Photo: © RWD


6th July 2006, Penrhyn Bay, Little Orme, North Wales. Photo: © RWD


10th June 2005, Greenside Lead Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


6th July 2006, Penrhyn Bay, Little Orme, North Wales. Photo: © RWD


13th May 2008, under Alltwen, North Wales Coast Path. Photo: © RWD


10th June 2005, Greenside Lead Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


10th June 2005, Greenside Lead Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


13th May 2008, under Alltwen, North Wales Coast Path. Photo: © RWD


8th June 2007, Greenside Lead Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


Hybridises with : Bladder Campion to produce a hybrid which lacks a common name, but the scientific name is Silene uniflora × vulgaris. The above examples are un-likey to be this hybrid since that thinly scattered across the UK in places far removed from where the photos were take.

Easily confused with : Bladder Campion which some experts and books think are one and the same thing. But Bladder Campion is more branched and stands more erect.

Despite its name, it can also be found well away from the sea near the spoil heaps from old lead mines and gravestones in North Wales covered in lead-rich stone chippings, for it likes lead. See Thrift for more information re sequestering of heavy metals.

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SEA CAMPION

Silene Uniflora

Carnation and Campion Family [Caryophyllaceae]