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Silene bellidioides

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus: Silene

Perennial herb growing to a height of 0.25 - 0.9 m and widespread in southern Africa.

Silene bellidoides Disturbed coastal thicket, Brenton-On-Sea (Western Cape, South Africa).

Silene bellidoides in disturbed coastal thicket, Brenton-On-Sea (Western Cape, South Africa).