Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Silene catesbaei
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene polypetala
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Silene baldwinii
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly
Click or hover over the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
)
JK Marlow jkm100313_094
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1912
May Crawford County GA
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1913
May Crawford County GA
Calyx becoming 2.5cm long, per Manual of the Southeastern Flora (JK Small, 1933).
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1928
May Crawford County GA
A perennial that forms mats by rooting at the nodes of runners, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1930
May Crawford County GA
Stem leaves are opposite; basal leaves form evergreen rosettes, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1941
May Crawford County GA
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_1947
May Crawford County GA
Stem leaves spatulate, 2.5-10cm long, sessile or tapered to a short stalk, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
)
JK Marlow jkm180506_488
May Crawford County GA
The intricately fringed petals render this plant unmistakable, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
)
Sam Pratt sbp_1709
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Ultimate segments of each petal dichotomously forked at nearly right angles, per Weakley's Flora.