Flora of New Zealand Series

bladder campion

Stems glabrous or rarely sparsely hairy, 30-80 cm tall; all shoots dying back during winter. Lvs glabrous, rarely hairy, sometimes scabrid on margin, shape variable, (1.5)-3-10 × (0.5)-1-2 cm. Infl. (3)-6-30-(40)-flowered; bracts scarious. Calyx contracted at mouth. Capsule narrow-mouthed; teeth erect to spreading.

N.: Auckland, Wellington; S.: Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Westland, Otago, Southland; St.

Europe, N.W. Africa, temperate Asia 1871

Waste land, roadsides, arable land, railway yards.

FL (Oct)-Nov-Jan-(Mar) FT (Oct)-Dec-Feb-(May).

This subsp. has also been known in N.Z. as S. cucubalus, S. inflata, and S. latifolia. S. latifolia (Miller) Britten et Rendle, which is a synonym of S. vulgaris, is an illegitimate later homonym of S. latifolia Poiret.