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3194
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in rocky or sandy flood-scoured riversides or creeksides, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Usually bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Silene nivea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene nivea
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
Snowy Campion
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