Photographs: Bantry, Co. Cork

White Campion Silene latifolia Coireán bán Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering time: May-September. Usually perennial. Probably introduced. White flowers with 5 deeply divided petals. Dioecious, the male flowers have 10 stamens, female flowers have 5 styles and are followed by seed capsules with erect teeth (the capsules of Red Campion curve back). The sticky-hairy leaves are opposite and elliptical-lanceolate. Waste ground, arable land, roadsides, prefers rich, well-drained ground. Similar: White forms of Red Campion

White Campion, Silene latifolia, Coireán bán