Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion (shared with the related genus Lychnis) and catchfly.

Red Campion (S. dioica) and White Campion (S. latifolia) are common wildflowers throughout Europe and elsewhere. They readily hybridise to produce plants with paler pink flowers. The Moss campion is common in the high arctic.

Silene species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Silene.

External links

• Evolution of Sex Chromosomes: The Case of the White Campion. PLoS Biol 3(1): e28.

Image:Red campion close 700.jpg|Red Campion, Silene dioica Image:Hybrid campion 800.jpg|A hybrid campion S. dioica × S. latifolia Image:Sea campion.JPG|Sea campion, Silene maritima

Caryophyllaceae

Limurt | Leimkräuter | Silène (plante) | Naktižiedė | Silene (plantengeslacht) | Lepnica | Glimmar