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Silene noctiflora

Species category

Weed

Common name

nightflowering silene, sticky cockle

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

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.

Shape

Circular compressed

Size

  • Length 1–1.2 mm 
  • Width 1–1.2 mm
  • Thickness 0.8–1 mm 

Color

Yellowish-gray, black tipped tubercles

Texture

Oblong tubercles are concentric on the outer margins, less organized on the sides

Other structures

Collar present only on lateral sides of hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
, not above margin.

Identification notes

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is a slit with a collar of two lumps on the sides; the height of the collar lumps does not extend beyond the margin line. Tubercles are large with no interspace between them.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

More information

For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.

Nomenclature

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Valid name

Silene noctiflora L.

Synonyms

Melandrium noctiflorum (L.) Fr.

Silene noctiflora. True seeds with a hilum that is a slit with a collar of two lumps on the sides. 
Silene noctiflora. True seeds with a hilum that is a slit with a collar of two lumps on the sides. 
Silene noctiflora. True seeds with large tubercles with no space between them.
Silene noctiflora. True seeds with large tubercles with no space between them.