Red catchfly
Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 70 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Caryophyllaceae
Formerly Lychnis dioica, Melandrium dioicum, Saponaria dioica
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe, MoroccoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 89 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.5–1 m; Wikipedia 30–90 cm
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS pink; Wikipedia pink, red
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Czech
- silenka dvoudomá
- German
- Rote Lichtnelke
- Finnish
- puna-ailakki
- French
- compagnon rouge
- Dutch
- dagkoekoeksbloem, Dagkoekoeksbloem
- Chinese
- 异株蝇子草
- Slovenian
- rdeči slizek
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Silene dioica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.