Silene paradoxa

Silene paradoxa
	Near Valréas, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. paradoxa
Binomial name
	Silene paradoxa; L.
Synonyms
	Viscago paradoxa(L.) Fourr.

Last updated September 26, 2025

Silene paradoxa, the Dover catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to southeastern France, Corsica, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece.^[1]^[2] It can grow on serpentine soils and copper mine tailings.^[3]

References

1 2 "Silene paradoxa L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
↑ "Silene paradoxa Dover catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
↑ Gonnelli, Cristina; Galardi, Francesca; Gabbrielli, Roberto (2001). "Nickel and copper tolerance and toxicity in three Tuscan populations of Silene paradoxa". Physiologia Plantarum. 113 (4): 507–514. doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1130409.x. hdl: 2158/252789 .

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[158009-1-1] 1 2 "Silene paradoxa L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[RHS_21708-2] "Silene paradoxa Dover catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

[1_of_917_Google_Scholar_results-3] Gonnelli, Cristina; Galardi, Francesca; Gabbrielli, Roberto (2001). "Nickel and copper tolerance and toxicity in three Tuscan populations of Silene paradoxa". Physiologia Plantarum. 113 (4): 507–514. doi:10.1034/j.1399-3054.2001.1130409.x. hdl: 2158/252789 .

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