Silene viscaria

Ordinary Campion ( Silene viscaria )

The Ordinary Campion ( Silene viscaria, Syn: .. Lychnis viscaria L., Viscaria vulgaris Bernh, Viscaria viscosa ( Scop. ) Asch ) is a species of the genus Silene ( Silene ). The Ordinary Pechnelke favors dry, poor soils in open spots or at the forest edge.

Description

The Ordinary Pechnelke grows as a perennial herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth from 30 to 90 cm. The stem and the inflorescence is very sticky among the nodes. The leaves are linear to constant lanceolate and hairy and ciliate something at the bottom.

The Ordinary Pechnelke is sometimes dioecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( dioecious ). The inflorescence is in the form of a loose Thyrse. The bald cup is 10 to 16 mm long with cross nerves. The pink to purple petals are usually 12 to 18 ( 10 to 20) mm long, truncate or slightly emarginate. The corona has two columns. There are five pen available. The flowering period extends from May to June. The ripe fruit capsule opens pentadentate.

Ecology

The Ordinary Campion is a perennial Chamaephyt or Hemikryptophyt.

The flowers are vormännliche " stem plate flowers ", whose corona serves as Einkriechsperre. There is a typical butterfly flower. Bloom time is from May to June.

The name Campion is because the stems have a dark, sticky coating below the node. From these areas, it is assumed that they are evolved to protect against phytophagous insects such as aphids, which by the way along the stem is blocked.

The capsule fruits are drying shakers, wind and animal shakers. Fruit ripening from June to July.

Others

The ordinary Campion is said that it strengthens the immune system of the surrounding plants. Pechnelke extract was approved in Germany as a plant tonic. An extract of the ordinary Pechnelke contains a relatively large amount of brassinosteroids, which demonstrably positive effect on plant growth of other plants.

Swell

• Characteristics.
• Ordinary Pechnelke. In: FloraWeb.de.
• R. Duell / H. Kutzelnigg: Pocket Dictionary of Plants in Germany and neighboring countries, 7th Edition, Quelle & Meyer Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-494-01424-1