Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Bladder Campion
(Silene cucubalus)
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- perennial growing to 0.6 metres; white taproot and numerous deep penetrating woody
branching roots; stems and leaves light green to whitish with a waxy bloom (fine powdery
coating); bladder-like calyx has green to purplish veins and 5 short triangular teeth
- sometimes confused with night-flowering catchfly (Silene
noctiflora) or white cockle (Lychnis alba)
but has no hairs and is virtually waxy throughout
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Bladder-like calyx |
Photos courtesy Rosamund Pojar, Mountainview Ecological Services
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