WILD FLOWERS 027
Silene vulgaris
Bladder Campion · Qasqejża
Light and translucent, like green lanterns dancing in the wind.
| Series | Wild Flowers of Malta |
| Encounter | 15 Nov 2025 · Triq Għaxqet l-Għajn, Hal Gharghur, Malta |
| Created | 2026 |
| Medium | Digital painting |
| Dimensions | Adjustable |
About the Plant
Known as Qasqejża, this indigenous perennial flowers along country lanes, walls and valley sides from January to May. Its inflated, net-veined calyx encloses the developing seed capsule.
* Botanical information referenced from Stephen Mifsud’s Online Flora of the Maltese Islands ( MaltaWildPlants.com ).
Available as a signed archival pigment print