Viscaria vulgaris

Viscaria vulgaris, the sticky catchfly[3] or clammy campion,[4] is a flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.

Viscaria vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Viscaria
Species:
V. vulgaris
Binomial name
Viscaria vulgaris
Synonyms[2]

It is an upright perennial growing to 60 cm (24 in) in height. The leaves are lanceolate. The flowers, which are 20 mm across and bright rosy-pink, appear in long whorled spikes from May to August. It grows on cliffs and rocky places.[5][6]

The Latin name Viscaria means "sticky", and refers to the stickiness of the stem just below the leaf joints.[7] The English common names reference the same feature.

Viscaria vulgaris is also grown as an ornamental garden plant. In British horticultural literature it is often referred to by its synonym Lychnis viscaria. The cultivar 'Splendens Plena', a double-flowered form, has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. [8][9]

  • Seed, background lines are 5 mm (0.20 in) apart
  • Whorl of seed capsules, background lines are 5mm apart
  • Seed capsule, viewed from side
  • Seed capsule, viewed end on

References
  1. Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 275 (1812)
  2. "Viscaria vulgaris Röhl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "Online atlas of the British & Irish flora: Lychnis viscaria (Sticky catchfly)". Biological Records Centre and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. "Lychnis viscaria". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. New Flora of the British Isles; Clive Stace; Third edition; 2011 printing
  6. The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe; Fitter, Fitter, Blamey; Collins; 3rd edition 1978
  7. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  8. "Lychnis viscaria 'Splendens Plena'". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 61. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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