Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke subsp. vulgaris

Synonyms

Behen vulgaris Moench
Cucubalus behen L.
Cucubalus inflatus Salisb.
Silene cucubalus Wibel
Silene inflata (Salisb.) Sm.
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Common Names

bird's eggs, bladder campion, blue root, bubble-poppy, cobwell, devil's rattlebox, maiden's tears, maidenstears, rattlebox, rattleweed, sea pink, snappery, white bottle, white hen

Origin

Native to northern Africa, the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, Europe, the middle-east, western Asia, Russia, Mongolia, China and the Indian Sub-continent.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised, but scattered, in southern Australia (i.e. in some parts of New South Wales, in Victoria and Tasmania, in south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Western Australia). Also present in other parts of South Australia, and sparingly naturalised in south-eastern Queensland and the ACT.

Notes

Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. It was also recently listed as a priority environmental weed in at least one Natural Resource Management region.