Bladder campion is a common wildflower found growing around the UK in meadows, grasslands and fields, and along hedgerows and roadside verges. It gets its common name from the bladder-like calyx (a bulge made-up of the fused sepals) just behind the flowers; it is in bloom from May to September.
How to identify
Bladder campion has large, balloon-shaped swellings behind its white, five-petalled flowers. It is a medium-tall plant that is usually hairless and greyish.
Did you know?
Bladder campion is one of the foodplants of the attractive red-and-black froghopper - an insect known for wrapping itself in a frothy mass we call 'cuckoo-spit'.
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