Nederlands: Avondkoekoeksbloem - Witte silene - Lijnkruid
Español: Colleja blanca - Albahaca montesina - Borbonesa
Français: Compagnon blanc
Deutsch: Weiße Lichtnelke
Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family
Flowering time: May-October
Height: 45-100 cm
Altitude: to 1800m
Colour: white
Habitat: meadows, roadsides, wasteland, man-made or disturbed habitats
Distribution: throughout Europe
Synonyms: Melandrium album - Silene pratensis
Notes: Separate male and female flowers are borne on different plants. Calyces of male flowers are smaller and ten-veined, those of female flowers are twenty-veined. On sunny days flowers more open and fragrant by evening. White campion considered a noxious weed in some parts of the United States. Silene latifolia hybridizes with Silene dioica.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Crooswijkerzand
