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Bladder Campion

Silene vulgaris

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Field Notes

Description:

This bladder campion was spotted fresh from the rain in an alpine forest. This plant from the Caryophyllaceae family is native to Europe, and a weed in North America. The plant is 20-50 cm tall, and flowers have white petals divided in 2 lobes and a striking balloon-shaped calyx.

Habitat:

Quite common and found up to 2500 m ASL. Spotted here at 1700 m ASL. Prefers limesone soils.

Notes:

Flowers open at night and are pollinated by moths.
The young leaves and shoots of this plants are eaten in several European countries.

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Silene vulgaris

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Comments (9)
DanielePralong
Very much so. There are a lot of "micro-climate" areas where it can rain when the weather is otherwise sunny at lower altitude. If you check my latest spotting you'll see that we just had snow in the Alps in summer!
Ashish
Is Alps country had its own weather style..?
DanielePralong
Ashish, it looks like dew but this was actually afternoon and it had been drizzling...
Ashish
Daniele they are soaking in rain or dew..?
Wild Things
Ah yes, I noticed it after you mentioned.
DanielePralong
Thanks Satyen. There's even a drop of water on the lens which escaped my attention at the time...
Wild Things
The drops on top of it seems to be like diamonds.
DanielePralong
Thank you Lars. The rain always makes nature look beautitful...

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Flowers of Europe
Mission
The Flora of Central European Alps

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PublishedJuly 21, 2011

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