Silene dioica(L.) Clairv.

red campion

WFO wfo-0000440478 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Silene dioica, photographed by Viktoriia Streltsova
fig. a Viktoriia Streltsova, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205791096
Silene dioica, photographed by Jani Kettunen
fig. b Jani Kettunen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 206024600
Silene dioica, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205536270
Silene dioica, photographed by Mathieu Roumet
fig. d Mathieu Roumet, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205608104
Silene dioica, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. e Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205533315
Silene dioica, photographed by Andreas Stiller
fig. f Andreas Stiller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205448425
Silene dioica, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. g Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205548906
Silene dioica, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. h Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205477360

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Flowering n = 5,099 observations

Peak flowering in May, from 5,099 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 9 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.

  • Agrostemma sylvestris (Schkuhr) G.Don
  • Lychnis dioica L.
  • Lychnis rubra Patze, E.Mey. & Elk.
  • Lychnis sylvestris Schkuhr
  • Melandrium dioicum (L.) Coss. & Germ.
  • Melandrium dioicum subsp. rubrum (Weigel) D.Löve
  • Melandrium rubrum (Weigel) Garcke
  • Melandrium sylvestre (Schkuhr) Röhl.
  • Saponaria dioica (L.) Moench

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.