Silene vulgaris

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q511103
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Summary

Silene vulgaris is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,479 views/month, #1,520 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Silene[5]
  • Taxon name: Silene vulgaris[6]
  • Has use: food[7], medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Silene vulgaris[9]
  • Has basionym: Behen vulgaris[10]
  • Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.): Silene inflata[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Silene vulgaris[12]
  • Commons gallery: Silene vulgaris[13]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105074[15]
  • Short name: S. vulgaris[16]
  • Taxon common name: Gewöhnliches Leimkraut[17], maidenstears[18], Alcadicea[19], Ben blanco[20], Silène enflèe[21], Bladder Campion[22], Blaassilene[23], silenka nadmutá[24], silène enflé[25], Gemeines Leimkraut[26], crasinèu[27], cresinèu[28], cresilhon[29], crelhon[30]

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Identifiers

Silene vulgaris's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55721[31]. Silene vulgaris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42043[32]. Silene vulgaris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 581986[33]. Silene vulgaris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9172281[34]. Silene vulgaris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20142[35].

Why It Matters

Silene vulgaris has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . irmng.org. irmng.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . La flore du mont Ventoux : des plantes et des hommes. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . La flore du mont Ventoux : des plantes et des hommes. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . La flore du mont Ventoux : des plantes et des hommes. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . La flore du mont Ventoux : des plantes et des hommes. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4716
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  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q219127
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Critically Endangered, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  3. 16w ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.) → Silene inflata
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