Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sila16_001_lvd

        

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