Caryophyllaceae
Of caryophylloid dicot family and Caryophyllales. May also be referred to as carnation family, family Caryophyllaceae and pink family.
Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes).
This concept's ID is @1~59321
Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
- genus Silene
Large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors:...
- Moehringia
Low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts;...
- Agrostemma
A caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles.
- Arenaria
Sandworts.
- Cerastium
Mouse-eared chickweed.
- Dianthus
Carnations and pinks.
- genus Drypis
One species.
- Gypsophila
Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers.
- Hernaria
Low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves.
- Illecebrum
One species: coral necklace.
- genus Lychnis
Genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly.
- Paronychia
Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.
- Sagina
Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
- Saponaria
Mostly perennial Old World herbs.
- Scleranthus
Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel.
- Spergula
Small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry.
- Spergularia
Chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry.
- Vaccaria
Cow-cockles.
- Minuartia
Mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often...
- Petrocoptis
Perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain;...
Also contains
- Stellaria
Common chickweed; stitchwort.
- caryophyllaceous plant
A plant of the family Caryophyllaceae.