Silene baccifera       14135

Author: (Carl von Linné (1707-1778)) Jean-François Durande (1732-1794)
Family: Caryophyllaceae Subfamily: Caryophylloideae Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Synonym(s): Cucubalus baccifer
English name: Berry catchfly
Zone: Mediterranean
Silene baccifera Observed in Netherlands by Nika van den Meiracker (license)
References for the genus
- A new taxonomic backbone for the infrageneric classification of the species-rich genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae), Jafari, Farzaneh and Zarre, Shahin and Gholipour, Abbas and Eggens, Frida and Rabeler, Richard K. and Oxelman, Bengt. Taxon 2020 Vol. 69(2) pag. 337-368. DOI
- A phylogenetic circumscription of Silene sect. Siphonomorpha (Caryophyllaceae) in the Mediterranean Basin, Naciri, Yamama and Du Pasquier, Pierre-Emmanuel and Lundberg, Magnus and Jeanmonod, Daniel and Oxelman, Bengt. Taxon 2017 Vol. 66(1) pag. 91-108. DOI
- A taxonomic revision of the southern African native and naturalized species of Silene L.(Caryophyllaceae), Manning, J. C., & Goldblatt, P. Bothalia 2012 Vol. 42(2) pag. 147-186. Address
- Biogeographic origins of southern African Silene (Caryophyllaceae), Moiloa, Ntwai A and Mesbah, Melilia and Nylinder, Stephan and Manning, John and Forest, Fßix and de Boer, Hugo J and Bacon, Christine D and Oxelman, Bengt. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2021 Vol. 162 pag. 107199. Address
- eFloras. eFloras.org Vol. 2 pag. 130349. Silene
- Estudios crìticos sobre la flora de Chile, Reiche, Karl. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 1903 pag. 175-176. Address
- Flora Europaea, T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters, D. A. Webb. 1968 Vol. 1 pag. 191-218. ISBN
- Flora iberica, Santiago Castroviejo. 2010 Vol. 2 pag. 313-406. ISBN
- Flora of North America. Silene
- Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, P.H. Davies. 1984 Vol. 2 pag. 179-242. ISBN
- Flore pratique du Maroc, Mohamed Fennane, Mohammed Ibn Tattou. 2007 Vol. 1 pag. 227-248. ISBN
- Mountain Flora of Greece, Volume 1, Arne Strid. 1989 pag. 135-170. ISBN
- Phylogenetic relationships within Silene (Caryophyllaceae) section Physolychnis, Petri, Anna and Oxelman, Bengt. Taxon 2011 Vol. 60(4) pag. 953-968. DOI
- Phylogeny and species delimitation in Silene sect. Arenosae (Caryophyllaceae): a new section, Eggens, Frida and Jafari, Farzaneh and Thollesson, Mikael and Crameri, Simon and Zarre, Shahin and Oxelman, Bengt. PhytoKeys 2020 Vol. 159 pag. 1. Address
- Taxonomic revision of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) sections Siphonomorpha, Lasiostemones, Sclerocalycinae, Chloranthae, Tataricae, and Otites in Turkey, Yildiz, Kemal and Cirpici, Ali Hikmet. Turkish Journal of Botany 2013 Vol. 37(2) pag. 191-218. Address
General specifications
Indigenous plant
Biological type: plant
Frost resistance: 5ºF
Leaf color: dark green
Flower color: white

Specifications for the Mediterranean basin
Adult size (h x w): 3,9ft x 1,6ft
Sun exposure: shadow (Sun hours: <3h
Foliage: semi-evergreen
Growth: fast
Flowering time from July until September

Specific information for our garden
Planting substrate: 20%Compost+40%Clay+40%Sand
Plant watering: 3x a week pH 6.5
Logical sequence of containers for: Perennials; forestry plate 8cm, 1L container, 2L forestry pot, 6L container, 55L container
Propagation is done by root division

Germination references for the genus
- The outline of seed silhouettes: A Morphological Approach to Silene (Caryophyllaceae), Martì-Góez, JosßJavier and Rodrìuez-Lorenzo, JosßLuis and Tocino, Ágel and Janoušek, Bohuslav and Juan, Ana and Cervantes, Emilio. Plants 2022 Vol. 11(23) pag. 3383. Address