Weed
bladder silene, maiden's-tears, bladder campion, cowbell, maiden's tears, rattleweed, maidenstears
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Triangular and compressed
Gray, tubercle tips are black
Tubercles are in well organized concentric lines.
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
has a large lateral collar.
Seed outline is not uniformly rounded, but with a tendency to be triangular.
State Noxious Weed: Washington, Wyoming
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Caryophyllaceae
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke
Oberna commutata (Guss.) Ikonn.
Silene cucubalus Wibel
Silene inflata Sm.
Silene latifolia (Mill.) Britten & Rendle, non Poir.
