Silene dioica
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Silene dioica, known as red campion and red catchfly, is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to Europe and introduced to the Americas.
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Buds
Leaves and stem
Seed pods
Edmund Campion
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Edmund Campion, SJ was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason,
Silene dioica
…or "fairy flower", and there is a local taboo against picking it. In the Catholic Church, red campion flowers are associated with the Jesuit martyr Edmund Campion…
Portrait of St Edmund Campion
Part of Campion's Challenge to the Privy Council
Print of Edmund Campion in 1631