Family: Carnation & Campion (Pink) [Caryophyllaceae]


Agrostemma
Arenaria
Cerastium
Corrigiola

Cucubalus
Dianthus
Gypsophila
Herniaria

Holosteum
Honckenya
Illecebrum
Minuartia

Moehringia
Moenchia
Myosoton
Paronychia

Petrorhagia
Polycarpon
Sagina
Saponaria

Scleranthus
Silene
Spergula
Spergularia

Stellaria
Vaccaria

The Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae) used to be called the Illecbraceae Family.

The Genus Lychnis is now subsumed within the Genus Silene, thus Ragged Robin is now seen as a Campion.


[SAPONARIA] Soapworts

Soapwort. (Saponaria officinalis) Photo: © RWD

Bouncing Bett (double-flowered version of Soapwort above).
(Saponaria officinalis) 		Photo: © RWD


[AGROSTEMMA] Corncockle

Corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago) Photo: © RWD


[SILENE] Campions

 

[Silene]
CAMPION HYBRID CHART
[Silene]
CAMPION
HYBRIDS
BSBI MAPS		 Red
Campion
(dioica)		 White
Campion
(latifolia)		 Sea
Campion
(uniflora)		 Bladder
Campion
(vulgaris)
Bladder
Campion
(vulgaris)		     uniflora
×
vulgaris
Sea
Campion
(uniflora)		     uniflora
×
vulgaris
White
Campion
(latifolia)		 Pink
Campion		    
Red
Campion
(dioica)		 Pink
Campion		    

Silene SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS
(Silene acaulis) Moss Campion
(Silene alpestris) Alpine Campion
(Silene armeria) Sweet-william Catchfly
(Silene baccifera) Berry Catchfly
(Silene behen)
(Silene catholica)
(Silene chalcedonica) Maltese-Cross
(Silene coeli-rosa) Rose-of-heaven
(Silene conica) Sand Catchfly / Striated Catchfly
(Silene conoidea)
(Silene cordifolia)
(Silene coronaria) Rose Campion
(Silene cretica)
(Silene csereii)
(Silene dichotoma) Forked Catchfly
(Silene fabaria)
(Silene flos-cuculi) Ragged Robin
(Silene gallica) Small-flowered Catchfly
(Silene italica) Italian Catchfly
(Silene multifida) Fringed Catchfly
(Silene muscipula)
(Silene noctiflora) Night-(flowering/scented) Catchfly
(Silene nocturna)
(Silene nutans) Nottingham Catchfly
(Silene otites) Spanish Catchfly
(Silene pendula) Nodding Catchfly
(Silene quadrifida) Alpine Campion
(Silene rubella)
(Silene schafta) Caucasian Campion
(Silene sedoides)
(Silene stricta)
(Silene suecica) Alpine Catchfly
(Silene viscaria) Sticky Catchfly
(Silene vulgaris subsp. macrocarpa)
(Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) Bladder Campion

Red Campion. (Silene dioica) Photo: © RWD

White Campion. (Silene latifolia) Photo: © RWD

Sea Campion. (Silene uniflora) Photo: © RWD

Bladder Campion. (Silene vulgaris) Photo: © RWD

Moss Campion. (Silene acaulis) Photo: © Philip Draper

Ragged Robin. (Silene flos-cuculi) Photo: © RWD

Rose Campion (Silene coronaria) Photo: © RWD


[SPERGULARIA] Sea-spurreys

Rock Sea-Spurrey. (Spergularia rupicola) Photo: © RWD

Lesser Sea-spurrey (Spergularia marina) Photo: © RWD


[DIANTHUS] Pearlworts

 

[Dianthus]
PINKS HYBRID CHART
[Dianthus]
PINKS
HYBRIDS
BSBI MAPS		 Clove
Pink
(caryophyllus)		 Cheddar
Pink
(gratianopolitanus)		 Pink
(plumarius)
Pink
(plumarius)		 caryophyllus
×
plumarius		 gratianopolitanus
×
plumarius
Cheddar
Pink
(gratianopolitanus)		 caryophyllus
×
gratianopolitanus		 gratianopolitanus
×
plumarius
Clove
Pink
(caryophyllus)		 caryophyllus
×
gratianopolitanus		 caryophyllus
×
plumarius

A triple hybrid between all three species shown in the above Hybrid Chart is known as:
Dianthus gratianopolitanus x caryophyllus x plumarius

Being a triple hybrid cannot be shown in the above 2D table.

Dianthus SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS
(Dianthus armeria) Deptford Pink
(Dianthus barbatus) Sweet William
(Dianthus carthusianorum) Carthusian Pink
(Dianthus deltoides) Maiden Pink
(Dianthus gallicus) Jersey Pink
(Dianthus superbus)


[SAGINA] Pearlworts

 

[Sagina]
PEARLWORT HYBRID CHART
[Sagina]
PEARLWORT
HYBRIDS
BSBI MAPS		 Procumbent
Pearlwort
(procumbens)		 Alpine
Pearlwort
(saginoides)		 Heath
Pearlwort
(subulata)
Heath
Pearlwort
(subulata)		 Sagina
×
micrantha		  
Alpine
Pearlwort
(saginoides)		 Scottish
Pearlwort		  
Procumbent
Pearlwort
(procumbens)		 Scottish
Pearlwort		 Sagina
×
micrantha

Sagina SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS
(Sagina apetala) Annual Pearlwort
(Sagina apetala subsp. apetala) Annual Pearlwort
(Sagina filicaulis) Upright Pearlwort
(Sagina maritima) Sea Pearlwort
(Sagina nivalis) Snow Pearlwort
(Sagina nodosa) Knotted Pearlwort

Knotted Pearlwort (Sagina nodosa) Photo: © RWD


[CERASTIUM] Mouse-ear

 

MOUSE-EAR HYBRID CHART (shrunk)
Hybrid Chart: MOUSE-EAR (larger)

Cerastium SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS
(Cerastium brachypetalum) Grey Mouse-ear
(Cerastium cerastoides) Starwort Mouse-ear
(Cerastium diffusum) Sea Mouse-ear
(Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides) Common Mouse-ear
(Cerastium fontanum subsp. scoticum) Common Mouse-ear
(Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare) Common Mouse-ear
(Cerastium glomeratum) Sticky Mouse-ear
(Cerastium pumilum) Dwarf Mouse-ear
(Cerastium semidecandrum) Little Mouse-ear


[HONCKENYA] Sea Sandwort

Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides) Photo: © RWD


[MINUARTIA] Sandworts

Spring Sandwort (Minuartia verna) Photo: © RWD

Family: Carnation & Campion (Pink) [Caryophyllaceae]

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