Sticky Catchfly
Viscaria vulgaris Bernh.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- —
Caryophyllaceae
Also called Sticky Nellie, German Catchfly, Sticky catchfly, Clammy campion, Red German catchfly
Formerly Lychnis atropurpurea, Lychnis sartorii, Lychnis splendens, Lychnis viscaria, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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 to SW. Siberia and N. CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Gewöhnliche Pechnelke, Pechnelke
- Czech
- smolnička obecná
- Danish
- Tjærenellike
- Finnish
- mäkitervakko, Tervakukka
- Russian
- Смолка обыкновенная, Смолка клейкая
- French
- Silène visqueux
- Swedish
- Tjärblomster, Beckblomster, Beckrisper
- Norwegian Bokmål
- engtjæreblom, Engtjæreblom
- Dutch
- Rode Pekanjer, Rode pekanjer
- Italian
- Silene viscaria
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji smaliukė, Smaliukė
- Estonian
- harilik tõrvalill, tumepunane tõrvalill, Tõrvalill
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Viscaria vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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