Nottingham Catchfly

Scientific name: Silene nutans

Blommar mellan vecka 21 och 48.
Blomningstiden är ungefärlig och kan variera mellan åren

Förekomst: Rather common

Nottingham Catchfly is quite common in southern and central Sweden, from Scania to Uppland, but occurs rarely up to southern Norrland. It grows on dry slopes, in forest edges and pastures.

Nottingham Catchfly blooms in June-July. The flowers are clearly stalked and sit sloping and unilaterally turned in few-flowered bunches which in turn sit in long sparse clusters. Nottingham Catchfly is easily recognizable by its white, deeply split petals and its tufted growth habit. In bright sunshine, the petals look rolled up and withered. Only in the evening and at night do they spread out. It has a hyacinth scent that attracts moths. Benefits from grazing.

The species name nutans comes from the Latin nutare (luta) and means sloping, which refers to the flowers. The family name Silene is said to come from the Greek selas (gloss) or selene (moon), which may mean that many of the species are night-flowering.

Nottingham Catchfly hittar du på följande platser:

• Dröstorps alvar
• Högenäs Orde
• Kesnäsudden
• Neptuni åkrar
• Norra Runstens sjömarker
• Resmozonen