[5] Silene nutans is widespread across Europe, from southern Spain and Italy north to the British Isles and Scandinavia, and is also found across large parts of Asia.

[6] Silene nutans can sometimes be found in the very widespread MG1 (Arrhenatherum elatius grassland) community of the British National Vegetation Classification, and thus can be found where Arrhenatherum elatius (false oat grass) or Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot) occur.

[8] Silene nutans flowers during the night, and produces a strong floral scent to attract its pollinators, which are mostly night-flying moths.

[9] Silene nutans is the host plant for the leaf mining moth Coleophora galbulipennella.

[14] Nottingham Castle Trust asked volunteers to grow the plant from seeds supplied to donate the successful plants back to the City to commemorate the re-opening of the renovation of Nottingham Castle.