Silene pendula

Silene pendula
	'Compacta' cultivar
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. pendula
Binomial name
	Silene pendula; L.
Synonyms
	Silene cisplatensisCambess.; Silene crispaMoench;

Last updated August 18, 2025

Silene pendula, called the nodding catchfly or drooping catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silene , native to Italy, Greece, and Turkey, and introduced to scattered locations in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.^[2] A number of cultivars are available.^[3] A 2020 study showed with certainty that, despite their morphological similarities, Silene cisplatensis is not synonymous with Silene pendula.^[4]

References

↑ Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)
1 2 "Silene pendula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
↑ "Silene pendula nodding catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Other common names; ... Italian catchfly, pendulous catchfly
↑ Jafari, Farzaneh; Zarre, Shahin; Gholipour, Abbas; Eggens, Frida; Rabeler, Richard K.; Oxelman, Bengt (2020). "A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species-rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae)". Taxon. 69 (2): 337–368. Bibcode:2020Taxon..69..337J. doi:10.1002/tax.12230. hdl: 2027.42/156144 . S2CID 225737766.

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[1] Sp. Pl.: 418 (1753)

[158042-1-2] 1 2 "Silene pendula L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[3] "Silene pendula nodding catchfly". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Other common names; ... Italian catchfly, pendulous catchfly

[1_of_560_Google_Scholar_Hits-4] Jafari, Farzaneh; Zarre, Shahin; Gholipour, Abbas; Eggens, Frida; Rabeler, Richard K.; Oxelman, Bengt (2020). "A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species-rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae)". Taxon. 69 (2): 337–368. Bibcode:2020Taxon..69..337J. doi:10.1002/tax.12230. hdl: 2027.42/156144 . S2CID 225737766.

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