Silene baccifera(L.) Durande

WFO wfo-1000089285 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Silene baccifera, photographed by evgeniq_benihanov
fig. a evgeniq_benihanov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-11 / obs. 157989532
Silene baccifera, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152258285
Silene baccifera, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. c Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154015516
Silene baccifera, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. d Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154210808
Silene baccifera, photographed by Maxim Shashkov
fig. e Maxim Shashkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153751961
Silene baccifera, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. f Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150726156
Silene baccifera, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. g Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163972286
Silene baccifera, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148691133

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Native range 55 botanical countries

Regions where Silene baccifera is native: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, North Caucasus, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Xinjiang, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaIranIraqJapanKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeSakhalinTaiwanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeXinjiangAssamEast HimalayaMyanmarNepalPakistanVietnamWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNetherlandsNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Silene baccifera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Korea KOR
Kuril Is. KUR
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Xinjiang CHX
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 771 in flower of 1,392 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Silene baccifera observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 771 of 1,392 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 3 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cucubalus baccatus Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
  • Cucubalus baccifer L.
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. angustifolius L.H.Zhou
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. cavalerieri H.Lév.
  • Cucubalus baccifer var. japonicus Miq.
  • Cucubalus divaricatus [Clairv.]
  • Cucubalus horizontalis Moench
  • Cucubalus japonicus (Miq.) Vorosch.
  • Lychnis baccifera Scop.
  • Scribaea baccifera (L.) Schur
  • Silene baccifera (L.) Roth
  • Silene baccifera var. japonicus (Miq.) H.Ohashi & H.Nakai

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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