Silene conoideaL.

weed silene

WFO wfo-0000438677 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Silene conoidea, photographed by Zinogre
fig. a Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-05 / obs. 186390501
Silene conoidea, photographed by Zinogre
fig. b Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186390514
Silene conoidea, photographed by Zinogre
fig. c Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186390527
Silene conoidea, photographed by Zinogre
fig. d Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186326536

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Silene conoidea is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, France, Greece, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoAfghanistanCyprusIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKuwaitLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangIndiaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaFranceGreeceSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.
Native distribution of Silene conoidea, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
France FRA EUROPE
Greece GRC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE

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.

Also published as 3 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.

  • Conosilene conica subsp. conoidea (L.) Á.Löve & Kjellq.
  • Conosilene conoidea Fourr.
  • Cucubalus conoideus Lam.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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