bladder campion | (n) perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx, Syn. Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris |
moss campion | (n) tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America, Syn. Silene acaulis |
red campion | (n) biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis, Syn. red bird's eye, Lychnis dioica, Silene dioica |
white campion | (n) bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis, Syn. Silene latifolia, white cockle, evening lychnis, Lychnis alba, bladder campion |
corn cockle | (n) European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America, Syn. corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago |
mullein pink | (n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria |
silene | (n) any plant of the genus Silene, Syn. catchfly, campion |