Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about White Campion at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyal_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sial12_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305m_25
May Jackson County NC
Roadside
A hairy plant, sticky-glandular in its upper portion, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0305n_01
May Jackson County NC
Roadside
Has an open, branched inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0308p_19
August Jackson County NC
Roadside
Petals are bilobed and open in the evening, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
875
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Dioecious
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare south of NC
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(rarely pink)
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-limbed corolla
10 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p260
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p132
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p011
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p056
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p079
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p037