Silene gallica

French Catchfly at Quaama, NSW

Silene gallica at Quaama, NSW - 25 Oct 2020 02:46 PM
Silene gallica at Quaama, NSW - 25 Oct 2020 02:46 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Unidentified 25 Oct 2020 FionaG

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Strong green stem with a pair of narrow leaves well spaced apart from the next leaves. The flowers are made up with 5 separate roundish petals with a dark pinky red spot making up the most part and a surrounding of pale pink with a white centre. The entire flower was approximately 1 cm in diameter.

Be the first to comment


Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Silene gallica Scientific name
  • French Catchfly Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 900.13m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
1,908,116 sightings of 21,397 species from 13,197 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.