*Silene noctiflora Linnaeus. Common name: Sticky Cockle, Night-flowering Catchfly, Sticky Campion. Phenology: (May-) Jun-Aug. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl4, FNA5, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Melandrium noctiflorum (L.) Fr. Basionym: Silene noctiflora L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Silene noctiflora - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual of fields and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems few-branched near the base and often branched in upper portions, coarsely stiff-hairy below and with sticky glandular hairs above.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, 2-6 in. long; basal leaves spatula-shaped, stem leaves lance-shaped.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in loose, branching terminal clusters; white or pinkish; 3/4-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 deeply 2-lobed petals bearing a ruffled appendage at the base (creating a ruffled circle at the mouth of the corolla throat), and a glandular-hairy, inflated, cylindric calyx tube bearing 10 prominent green ribs that branch and rejoin, the tube splitting into 5 narrow lobes at the top.
Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
Comments: Flowers open at night.
Height: 8-47 in.
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description: Erect annual of fields and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems few-branched near the base and often branched in upper portions, coarsely stiff-hairy below and with sticky glandular hairs above.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, 2-6 in. long; basal leaves spatula-shaped, stem leaves lance-shaped.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in loose, branching terminal clusters; white or pinkish; 3/4-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 deeply 2-lobed petals bearing a ruffled appendage at the base (creating a ruffled circle at the mouth of the corolla throat), and a glandular-hairy, inflated, cylindric calyx tube bearing 10 prominent green ribs that branch and rejoin, the tube splitting into 5 narrow lobes at the top.
fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
comments: Flowers open at night.
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