Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene vulgaris
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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Read more about Bladder Campion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene vulgaris
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-004:
Silene cucubalus FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene latifolia
COMMON NAME:
Bladder Campion, Maiden's-tears
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_03
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Cymes open; flowers bracteate and pedicellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm0505l_31
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Inflated calyx sac is veined and papery and looks like a balloon or melon, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene vulgaris
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene vulgaris
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-17-004:
Silene cucubalus
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silene latifolia