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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Silene latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:

Lychnis alba   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lychnis alba

 

COMMON NAME:
White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis


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image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyal_001_lvd

        

image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sial12_001_lvd

        

image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_161

        

image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

JK Marlow    jkm0305m_25

May    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

A hairy plant, sticky-glandular in its upper portion, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

JK Marlow    jkm0305n_01

May    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

Has an open, branched inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Silene latifolia, White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

JK Marlow    jkm0308p_19

August    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

Petals are bilobed and open in the evening, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lychnis alba

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

875

Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (rarely pink)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-limbed corolla
10 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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