This is the second part of useful (with many ornamental) members of the Pink family or officially the Caryophyllaceae. The first part can be found here.
I am very fond of this family as well and have been growing several native and non native species from seed.
In part 2 there are four more members mentioned by Julian Barker in his Medicinal Flora, which have some medicinal use, which are Herniaria glabra or Smooth Rupturewort, Spergularia rubra or Sand Spurrey, Agrostemma githago or Corn-Cockle and Saponaria officinalis or Soapwort.
Click links for more info and pictures from various websites. Scientific/Latin Name usually has link from the Online Atlas of the British Isles and Irish Flora. Pink background means a warning use (= poisonous!) or medicinal use, green for other uses and blue for plant habitat, interesting facts or wildlife use.
If described in the Flora of Birmingham and the Black Country it will be highlighted by FBBC in the Content page.
In Part 1 we covered Subfamily Alsinoideae which has 11 genera. In Part 2 we will cover another 11 genera in 2 subfamilies:
- 2 Subfamily Paronychioideae with 5 genera (genera 12-17)
- 3 Subfamily Caryophylloideae with 6 genera (genera 18-24)
Contents:
Subfamily 2 PARONYCHIOIDEAE
12 Corrigiola litoralis or Strapwort
13 Herniaria spp.or Ruptureworts
- H. glabra or Smooth Rupturewort
- H. ciliolata or Fringed Rupturewort and 2 ssp. a) Ssp ciliolata & Ssp. subciliata
- H. hirsuta or Hairy Rupturewort
14 Illecebrum verticillatum or Coral-necklace
15 Polycarpon tetraphyllum or Four-leaved Allseed
16 Spergula spp. or Spurreys
- S. arvensis or Corn Spurrey with also 3 different varieties. FBBC
- S. morisonnii or Pearlwort Spurrey
17 Spergularia ssp. or Sea-spurreys
- S. rupicola or Rock Sea-spurrey
- S. media or Greater Sea-spurrey
- S. marina or Lesser Sea-spurrey FBBC
- S. rubra or Sand Spurrey FBBC
- S. bocconei or Greek Sea-spurrey
Subfamily 3 CARYOPHYLLOIDEAE
18 Agrostemma githago or Corncockle FBBC
19 Silene spp. or Campions
- S. italica or Italian Catchfly
- S. nutans or Nottingham Catchfly
- S. catholica or Worcestershire Catchfly
- S. otitis or Spanish Catchfly
- S. vulgaris or Bladder Campion with 2 ssp. : Ssp. vulgaris and Ssp. macrocarpa FBBC
- S. uniflora or Sea Campion FBBC
- S. macrophylla or Fringed Catchfly
- S. acaulis or Moss Campion
- S. schafta or Caucasian Campion
- S. alpestris or Alpine Catchfly
- S. armeria or Sweet-William Catchfly FBBC
- S. noctiflora or Night-flowering Catchfly
- S. latifolia or White-Campion FBBC
- S. dioica or Red Campion FBBC
- S. x hampeana (Silene dioica × latifolia) or Hybrid Campion FBBC
- S. coeli-rosa or Rose-of-heaven
- S. pendula or Nodding Catchfly
- S. gallica or Small-flowered Catchfly FBBC
- S. conica or Sand Catchfly FBBC
- S. coronaria or Rose Campion FBBC
- S. flos-cuculi or Ragged -Robin FBBC
- S. chalcedonica or Maltese-Cross
- S. viscaria or Sticky Catchfly
- S. suecica or Alpine Catchfly
- S. baccifera or Berry Catchfly
- S. muscipula or Mousetrap catchfly
- S. dichotoma or Forked Catchfly
20 Saponaria officinalis or Soapwort FBBC
21 Vaccaria hispanica or Cowherb FBBC
22 Petrorhagia spp. or Pinks
- P. nanteuilii or Childing Pink
- P. prolifera or Proliferous Pink
- P. dubia or Hayling Island Pink
- P. saxifraga or Tunicflower
23 Gypsophila paniculata or Baby’s-breath FBBC
G. elegans or Annual Baby’s-breath
24 Dianthus spp or Pinks
- D. gratianopolitanus or Cheddar Pink
- D. caryophyllus or Clove Pink FBBC
- D. plumarius or Pink FBBC
- D. gallicus or Jersey Pink
- D. deltoides or Maiden Pink FBBC
- D. barbatus or Sweet-William FBBC
- D. armeria or Deptford Pink FBBC