*Silene latifolia Poiret. Common name: White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, Fl4, FNA5, Il, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, (basionym); = Lychnis alba Mill. — F, G, RAB, S, Tat, W, WV; ? Melandrium dioicum (L.) Coss. & R.Germ.; > Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. alba (Mill.) Greuter & Burdet — NE; > Silene latifolia Poir. ssp. latifolia; ? Silene pratensis (Raf.) Gren. & Godr. — GrPl
Links to other floras: = Silene latifolia - FNA5
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Spreading (seldom erect) annual to, more often, biennial or short-lived perennial, found in fields, roadsides, and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe. | Stems loosely branched, hairy and sticky. | Leaves opposite, petiolate, broadly lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, hairy. | Flowers in branching panicles, white to pinkish, 1 in. wide, with 5 deeply notched petals spreading outward from an inflated calyx tube that is hairy and bears 10 reddish veins in staminate (male) flowers and 20 reddish veins in pistillate (female) flowers. | Fruit a golden-brown capsule. | Flowers fragrant, opening in the evening. | 1-3 ft. | Spreading (seldom erect) annual to, more often, biennial or short-lived perennial, found in fields, roadsides, and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe. | Stems loosely branched, hairy and sticky. | Leaves opposite, petiolate, broadly lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, hairy. | Flowers in branching panicles, white to pinkish, 1 in. wide, with 5 deeply notched petals spreading outward from an inflated calyx tube that is hairy and bears 10 reddish veins in staminate (male) flowers and 20 reddish veins in pistillate (female) flowers. | Fruit a golden-brown capsule. | Flowers fragrant, opening in the evening. |
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