Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera

Common name: French Catchfly

Meaning of name:

Silene is named after Silenus, the tutor of Baccus, the god of wine in Roman mythology. Gallica is from the Latin word gallicus, meaning belonging to Gaul, Gallic, now French. Quinquevulnera is from the Latin words quinque, meaning five, and vulnerus, meaning wounded.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern Australia.

Description:

An erect herb to 50 centimetres tall. It produces white to pink flowers on one side of the stem from July to December.

Notes:

This species is originally from Europe.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2913076

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/11803