sticky catchfly
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English
Noun
sticky catchfly (plural sticky catchflies)
- Any of several species of flowering plants in tribe Sileneae with sticky parts:
- Silene viscaria (clammy campion, red German catchfly), in family Caryophyllaceae, with purple flowers and a sticky stem.
- Silene caroliniana (wild pink), native to eastern North America
- Silene koreana, native to Korea
- Silene nuda (western fringed catchfly), native to California, Oregon and Nevada in North America
- Viscaria vulgaris (clammy campion), native to Europe