Seasonal Wild Flowers

Pink Campion

Hybrid between Silene latifolia and S. dioica

Caryophyllaceae

May to October

It is found throughout the country, except for parts of the

North and the Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for Pink Campion

It grows in hedge-banks, open grassland, waste ground,

woodland edges and clearings, and by roads, railways,

tracks and paths.

Pink Campion resembles both White (see May) and Red

Campion (see March) in size and overall form.

The flowers vary in colour from whitish-pink to full pink.

They are closer in size to White Campion and the calyx

is green, as in White Campion, compared to red, as in

Pink and white Campon, Ipswich, Suffolk

Pink Campion, Heysham Head, Lancs

Female flower with styles

Flower and calyx

Leaves