Photographs: Co. Wexford

Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica Coireán Francach Family: Caryophyllaceae Flowering June - September. Annual. Probably introduced. Spike-like inflorescence, the white flowers with notched, often red-spotted petals and three styles. The lower leaves are spoon-shaped, upper leaves narrow-lanceolate and th stems are erect and branched. Sticky, glandular hairs. Height 15-40cm. Very rare, only found at a few, scattered sites in Ireland on open, sandy or gravelly arable and waste ground.

Small-flowered Catchfly, Silene gallica, Coireán Francach