Silene italica (L.) Pers.
(Italian Catchfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Silene italica (Italian Catchfly)
Genus	Silene (campions and catchflies)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Silene italica is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Norton, J.A	2005	More Mediterranean ’Aliens’ in Gosport	BSBI News No 100: 46-48, Plate 3.

Silene italica (Italian Catchfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Silene italica (Italian Catchfly)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Silene italica (Italian Catchfly)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Silene italica is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)