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Foodplant / open feeder
imago of Cassida hemisphaerica grazes on leaf of Silene vulgaris
Foodplant / spot causer
acervulus of Diplosporonema coelomycetous anamorph of Diplosporonema delastrei causes spots on live stem of Silene vulgaris
Remarks: season: 7-10
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / pathogen
embedded sorus of Microbotryum silenes-inflatae infects and damages live anther of Silene vulgaris
Foodplant / parasite
uredium of Puccinia behenis parasitises live Silene vulgaris
Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph of Ramularia didymarioides causes spots on live leaf of Silene vulgaris
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Foodplant / spot causer
crowded, mostly epiphyllous, fuscous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria saponariae causes spots on live leaf of Silene vulgaris
Remarks: Other: uncertain
Foodplant / parasite
telium of Uromyces behenis parasitises live stem of Silene vulgaris
Comments
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Silene vulgaris is less variable in North America than in its native Europe, where five subspecies are recognized on the basis of capsule size, petal color, leaf shape, and habit. All North American material appears to belong to subsp. vulgaris, although a few collections from sandy habitats tend to have unusually narrow leaves. Similar plants from Europe have been named var. litoralis (Ruprecht) Jalas and subsp. angustifolia Hayek.
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Description
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Plants short-lived perennial, gla-brous, rarely pubescent, glaucous; taproot stout; caudex woody. Stems several-many, erect, branched and decumbent at base, rarely simple, 20-80 cm. Leaves mainly cauline, 2 per node, sessile, almost clasping, reduced proximal to inflorescence, blade broadly oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate, rarely ± linear, 2-8 cm × 5-30 mm, base round, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences open dichasial cyme, 5-40-flowered, bracteate; bracts much-reduced, lanceolate. Pedicels 0.5-3 cm. Flowers bisexual and unisexual, some plants having bisexual flowers, others having pistillate unisexual flowers, 15-20 mm diam.; calyx pale green, rarely purplish, campanulate, not contracted at mouth or base, inflated, 9-12 mm in flower, 12-18 × 7-11 mm in fruit, herbaceous, papery, venation obscure, reticulate, without conspicuous pale commissures, margins dentate, lobes broadly triangular, 2-3 mm, glabrous; petals white, ca. 2 times as long as calyx; limb obovate, emarginate to 2-lobed; stamens exserted by 2-4 mm; styles 3, cream to greenish, at most slightly pink tinged, 2 times longer than calyx. Capsules ovoid to globose, equaling calyx, opening by 6 teeth; carpophore 2-3 mm. Seeds black or nearly so, globose-reniform, 1-1.5 mm, finely tuberculate. 2n = 24.
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Herbs perennial, grayish green, 40--100 cm tall, glabrous throughout. Roots slightly robust, lignified. Stems sparsely caespitose, erect, usually gray, apically branched. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 4--10 × 1--3(--4.5) cm, proximal cauline leaves with prominent midvein, base attenuate, apex acuminate or acute; distal leaves cuneate, slightly clasping. Flowers usually in many-flowered dichasia, sometimes in thyrsoid inflorescences; flowers sometimes spreading or slightly nutant. Pedicel shorter than or subequaling calyx; bracts ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous. Calyx usually violet-tinged, broadly ovoid, inflated, 1.3--1.6 cm × 5--7 mm, submembranous, with 20 anastomosing veins; calyx teeth broadly triangular, short, ciliate. Androgynophore ca. 2 mm, glabrous. Petals 1.5--1.8 cm; claws cuneate-oblanceolate, glabrous, auricles ovoid; limbs exserted beyond calyx, white, obovate, deeply bifid to base of limb, lobes narrowly obovate; coronal scales small. Stamens and styles prominently exserted; filaments glabrous; anthers violet. Styles 3. Capsule subglobose, ca. 8 mm in diam., shorter than calyx. Seeds globose-reniform, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep. 2n = 24, 48.
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Distribution
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Europe, N. Africa, Asia eastwards to W. Himalaya.
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Distribution
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introduced; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.; Europe.
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Distribution
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Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang, Xizang [India, Mongolia, Nepal; N Africa, SW Asia, Europe].
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Elevation Range
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2000-3000 m
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Flowering/Fruiting
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Flowering summer-fall.
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Habitat
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Roadsides, waste ground, gravel pits and shores, arable land; 0-2000m.
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Habitat
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Meadows, scrub; 200--2700 m.
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Synonym
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Behen vulgaris Moench, Methodus, 709. 1794; Silene cucubalus Wibel; S. inflata Smith; S. latifolia (Miller) Britten & Rendle var. pubescens (de Candolle) Farwell
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Synonym
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Behen vulgaris Moench, Meth. Pl. 709. 1794; Cucubalus behen Linnaeus (1753), not Silene behen Linnaeus (1753); C. latifolius Miller; C. venosus Gilibert; S. cucubalus Wibel; S. inflata Smith; S. inflata var. vulgaris Turczaninow; S. venosa (Gilibert) Ascherson; ?S. wallichiana Klotzsch.
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Silene vulgaris
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Silene vulgaris, the bladder campion[2] or maidenstears,[3] is a plant species of the genus Silene of the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe, temperate Asia and northern Africa and has been introduced to other parts of the world, particularly North America.[1] It is widespread in North America, where it is a common wildflower in meadows, open woods, and fields.[4]
Gastronomy
The young shoots and the leaves may be used as food in some countries of the Mediterranean region.[5] The tender leaves may be eaten raw in salads. The older leaves are usually eaten boiled or fried, sauteed with garlic as well as in omelettes.
Crete and Cyprus
In Crete it is called agriopapoula (αγριοπάπουλα) and the locals eat its leaves and tender shoots browned in olive oil.[6]
In Cyprus it is very widely eaten, so much that it has, in recent years, come back into being cultivated and sold in shops in bunches. Two of the common Cypriot names are strouthouthkia (στρουθούθκια; [stru'θuθca]) and tsakrithkia (τσακρίδκια; [t͡sa'kriðca]).[7]
Italy
In Italy the leaves of this plant may be used also as an ingredient in risotto. It is commonly known as sculpit, stridolo, or by the obsolete scientific name Silene inflata, as well as s-ciopetin, or grixol in Veneto, and nenkuz, or sclopit in Friuli and cojet in Piedmont.
Spain (La Mancha)
Formerly in La Mancha region of Spain, where Silene vulgaris leaves are valued as a green vegetable, there were people known as "collejeros" who picked these plants and sold them. Leaves are small and narrow, so it takes many plants to obtain a sizeable amount.
In La Mancha the Silene vulgaris leaves, locally known as "collejas", were mainly used to prepare a dish called gazpacho viudo (widower gazpacho). The ingredients were flatbread known as tortas de gazpacho and a stew prepared with Silene vulgaris leaves.[8] Other dishes prepared with these leaves in Spain include "potaje de garbanzos y collejas", "huevos revueltos con collejas" and "arroz con collejas".
See also
References
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^ a b "Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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^ Bladder Campion, Prov. of Ontario
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^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Silene vulgaris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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^ Bladder Campion, Prov. of Ontario
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^ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon; Alfred Charles Kinsey; Reed C. Rollins (1996). "Bladder-Campion, Maiden's Tears, Snappery, Silene Cububalis (or latifolia)". Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America. New York City: Dover Publications. pp. 193–194. ISBN 0-486-29104-9. OCLC 33666218. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
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^ Kleonikos G. Stavridakis , Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης (2006). Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης. Rethymnon Crete. ISBN 960-631-179-1.
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^ Christou, Eleni. "Στρουθούθκια". Εικονικό Μουσείο Κυπριακών Τροφίμων και Διατροφής (Cyprus Food Virtual Museum). Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου (University of Cyprus). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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^ Gazpacho viudo recipe
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Silene vulgaris: Brief Summary
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Silene vulgaris flowers
Silene vulgaris, the bladder campion or maidenstears, is a plant species of the genus Silene of the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to Europe, temperate Asia and northern Africa and has been introduced to other parts of the world, particularly North America. It is widespread in North America, where it is a common wildflower in meadows, open woods, and fields.
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