Mediterranean catchfly
Silene nocturna
Scientific Name
Silene nocturna L.
Common Names
Mediterranean catchfly
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Origin
Native to northern Africa (i.e. Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia), southern Europe (i.e. France, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia) and western Asia (i.e. Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey).
Naturalised Distribution
widely naturalised in southern and central Australia (i.e. in many parts of New South Wales, in Victoria and Tasmania, in many parts of South Australia, in the southern parts of the Northern Territory, and in the southern and western parts of Western Australia). It was also naturalised in the ACT, but has not been recorded there for many years.
Notes
Mediterranean catchfly (Silene nocturna) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia and Victoria.
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