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UK
Safari Tip:
One of the most useful field guides to wild flowers is this one at the
Amazon bookshop - click
here
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Latin name: Silene dioica
Size: Grows to a height of around 90cms.
Distribution: Found throughout most of the UK.
Flowering months: May to June.
Habitat: Hedgerows, woodlands and shady areas.
Special features: The attractive red flowers have no scent, and the male and female flowers grow on separate plants.
 You can distinguish them by looking at the base of the flowers. The females have a swelling
which will later form a seed cup. The male
flowers have a slimmer base.
There is another variety called white campion, which as its name suggests, produces white flowers. In areas where red and white campions grow together they sometimes produce
hybrid pink varieties.
 Although
it's unusual, you might also come across a specimen like this which has produced
a double flower head.
UK Safari Wild Flower Section
UK Safari Plants + Trees Section
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