Less widespread than Red Campion, this creamy white member of the campion
clan often grows on waste ground and roadside verges that are well drained. The flowers
appear from May to September, being at their best in June and July. Unlike many wild
flowers they remain open as dusk descends.
You may occasionally find pale pink campion growing in areas where there
are both red and white campion; these are simply hybrids of the two species.
Two other campions, Bladder Campion and Sea Campion, are sometimes
mistakenly identified as white campion. Bladder campion has branched flower stems and
greatly enlarged sepal tubes (seed pods), while Sea
Campion is a short plant also with swolen sepal tubes but having unbranched flower
stems each topped by a single bloom.
Wildflowers of Wales
This wildflower is one of many dozens that are featured in the First Nature Guide to the
Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 3 - Mountains, Moorland and Meadows.
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