Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
Go to FSUS key
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 Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lychnis alba
COMMON NAME:
White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyal_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 (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0305n_01
May Jackson County NC
Roadside
Has an open, branched inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lychnis alba
875
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in NC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(rarely pink)
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-limbed corolla
10 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p260
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p132
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p011
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p056
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p079
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p037
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