Silene paradoxa

Silene paradoxa, the Dover catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to southeastern France, Corsica, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece.^[1][2] It can grow on serpentine soils and copper mine tailings.^[3]

Silene paradoxa
Near Valréas, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Silene
Species:	S. paradoxa
Binomial name
Silene paradoxa L.
Synonyms[1]
Viscago paradoxa (L.) Fourr.