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Silene otites
Silene otites
Silene otites, called Spanish catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silene, native to Europe and the Transcaucasus area, and introduced to Xinjiang in China. It varies its floral odors to attract mosquitoes and moths at night and flies and bees by day. It is dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
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Overview
Silene otites is a plant species in the family Caryophyllaceae. GBIF holds 34,099 occurrence records across 46 countries. Its records concentrate in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands.
Distribution & origin
Share of recorded occurrences by region- France40%
- Germany10%
- United Kingdom8%
- Netherlands7%
- Switzerland7%
- Czechia5%
- Slovakia4%
- Other regions19%
References
- 1Silene otites — Wikipedia — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2026
- 2''Silene otites'' (L.) Wibel — Plants of the World Online, 2017
- 3Temporal variation of flower scent in ''Silene otites'' (Caryophyllaceae): A species with a mixed pollination system — Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012
- 4Rapid genetic differentiation between ex situ and their in situ source populations: An example of the endangered ''Silene otites'' (Caryophy — Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012
- 5GBIF — occurrence records of Silene otites — GBIF, 2026
- 6Hình ảnh — Wikimedia Commons (6 ảnh, giấy phép CC/PD) — Wikimedia Commons, 2026
