Scientific Name

Silene nocturna L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Common Names

Mediterranean catchfly

Origin

Native to northern Africa, southern Europe, the middle-east and western Asia.

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.