Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles

Caryophyllaceae

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1. Agrostemma githago L. – corncockle
2. Arenaria balearica L. – mossy sandwort
3. Arenaria ciliata L. – fringed sandwort
4. Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss. – slender sandwort
5. Arenaria montana L. – large-flowered sandwort
6. Arenaria norvegica G. Halliday – large-flowered sandwort
   1. Arenaria norvegica subsp. anglica G. Halliday – English sandwort
   2. Arenaria norvegica subsp. norvegica Gunnerus – Arctic sandwort
7. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. – thyme-leaved sandwort
8. Cerastium alpinum L. – Alpine mouse-ear
9. Cerastium arvense L. – field mouse-ear
10. Cerastium brachypetalum Pers. – grey mouse-ear
11. Cerastium cerastoides (L.) Britton – starwort mouse-ear
12. Cerastium diffusum Pers. – sea mouse-ear
13. Cerastium fontanum Baumg. – common mouse-ear
14. Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. – sticky mouse-ear
15. Cerastium nigrescens (H. C. Watson) Edmonston ex H. C. Watson – Arctic mouse-ear
16. Cerastium pumilum Curtis – dwarf mouse-ear
17. Cerastium semidecandrum L. – little mouse-ear
18. Cerastium tomentosum L. – snow-in-summer
19. Cherleria sedoides L. – cyphel
20. Corrigiola litoralis L. – strapwort
21. Dianthus armeria L. – Deptford pink
22. Dianthus barbatus L. – sweet William
23. Dianthus caryophyllus L. – clove pink
24. Dianthus deltoides L. – maiden pink
25. Dianthus gallicus Pers. – Jersey pink
26. Dianthus gratianopolitanus Vill. – Cheddar pink
27. Dianthus plumarius L. – pink
28. Gypsophila elegans M. Bieb. – annual baby’s-breath
29. Gypsophila paniculata L. – baby’s breath
30. Herniaria ciliolata Melderis – fringed rupturewort
31. Herniaria glabra L. – smooth rupturewort
32. Herniaria hirsuta L. – hairy rupturewort
33. Holosteum umbellatum L. – jagged chickweed
34. Honckenya peploides (L.) Ehrh. – sea sandwort
35. Illecebrum verticillatum L. – coral necklace
36. Minuartia recurva (All.) Schinz & Thell. – recurved sandwort
37. Moehringia trinervia (L.) Clairv. – three-nerved sandwort
38. Moenchia erecta (L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. – upright chickweed
39. Petrorhagia dubia (Raf.) G. López & Romo – Hayling Island pink
40. Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Burnat) P. W. Ball & Heywood – childing pink
41. Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P. W. Ball & Heywood – proliferous pink
42. Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link – tunicflower
43. Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. – four-leaved allseed
44. Sabulina rubella (Wahlenb.) Dillenb. & Kadereit – mountain sandwort
45. Sabulina stricta (Sw.) Rchb. – Teesdale sandwort
46. Sabulina tenuifolia (L.) Rchb. – fine-leaved sandwort
47. Sabulina verna (L.) Rchb. – spring sandwort
48. Sagina apetala Ard. – annual pearlwort
49. Sagina filicaulis Jord. – slender pearlwort
50. Sagina maritima Don – sea pearlwort
51. Sagina nivalis (Lindblom) Fr. – snow pearlwort
52. Sagina nodosa (L.) Fenzl – knotted pearlwort
53. Sagina procumbens L. – procumbent pearlwort
54. Sagina saginoides (L.) H. Karst. – Alpine pearlwort
55. Sagina subulata (Sw.) C. Presl – heath pearlwort
56. Sagina × normaniana Lagerh. – Scottish pearlwort
57. Saponaria ocymoides L. – rock soapwort
58. Saponaria officinalis L. – soapwort
59. Scleranthus annuus L. – annual knawel
60. Scleranthus perennis L. – perennial knawel
61. Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. – moss campion
62. Silene alpestris Jacq. – Alpine campion
63. Silene armeria L. – sweet William catchfly
64. Silene baccifera (L.) Roth – berry catchfly
65. Silene catholica (L.) W. T. Aiton – Worcestershire catchfly
66. Silene chalcedonica (L.) E. H. L. Krause – Maltese cross
67. Silene coeli-rosa (L.) Godr. – rose of heaven
68. Silene conica L. – sand catchfly
69. Silene coronaria (L.) Clairv. – rose campion
70. Silene dichotoma Ehrh. – forked catchfly
71. Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. – red campion
72. Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Clairv. – ragged robin
73. Silene gallica L. – small-flowered catchfly
74. Silene italica (L.) Pers. – Italian catchfly
75. Silene latifolia Poir. – white campion
76. Silene multifida (Adams) Rohrb. – fringed catchfly
77. Silene muscipula L. – south-western catchfly
78. Silene noctiflora L. – night-flowering catchfly
79. Silene nutans L. – Nottingham catchfly
80. Silene otites (L.) Wibel – Spanish catchfly
81. Silene pendula L. – nodding catchfly
82. Silene schafta S. G. Gmel. ex Hohen. – Caucasian campion
83. Silene suecica (Lodd.) Greuter & Burdet – Alpine catchfly
84. Silene uniflora Roth – sea campion
85. Silene viscaria (L.) Jess. – sticky catchfly
86. Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke – bladder campion
87. Spergula arvensis L. – corn spurrey
88. Spergula morisonii Boreau – pearlwort spurrey
89. Spergularia bocconei (Scheele) Graebn. – Greek sea-spurrey
90. Spergularia marina (L.) Besser – lesser sea-spurrey
91. Spergularia media (L.) C. Presl – greater sea-spurrey
92. Spergularia rubra (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl – sand spurrey
93. Spergularia rupicola Lebel ex Le Jol. – rock sea-spurrey
94. Stellaria alsine Grimm – bog stitchwort
95. Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. – water chickweed
96. Stellaria graminea L. – lesser stitchwort
97. Stellaria holostea L. – greater stitchwort
98. Stellaria media (L.) Vill. – common chickweed
99. Stellaria neglecta Weihe – greater chickweed
100. Stellaria nemorum L. – wood stitchwort
101. Stellaria pallida (Dumort.) Crép. – lesser chickweed
102. Stellaria palustris Ehrh. ex Hoffm. – marsh stitchwort
103. Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert – cowherb