Campion like plant ID please

[alindsay]

I double checked and the 1st flower, which struck me as Bladder Campion like, was from the same plant as the leaves.







and then there was this plant next to it with very different leaves, but a similar flower.



I someone out there glueing odd bits of plants together?

[Dorts]

Yes, you were right Alison, Bladder Campion - Silene vulgaris, (with a slightly deformed flower).
Dorts

[Johnny Redgate]

The Wildflower Key says Bladder Campion "either waxy +/- hairless or sometimes hairy perennial herb...". So both types growing close together here. Interesting, I wonder what the genetics of it is.

[alindsay]

....... and these were the only 2 plants. No other Campions around.

[Dorts]

It obviously must happen occasionally, and Alison just happened to be there when it did. But well spotted.

Stace describes S. Vulgaris as glabrous to pubescent. There are two sub-species, but they are not defined by how hirsute they are.
Dorts.