Silene virginica Linnaeus var. virginica . Common name: Fire-pink. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs, roadbanks. Distribution: PA west to s. ON and se. MI, south to Panhandle FL (Bay County), GA and OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Tn, WV; < Silene virginica L. — Ar, C, Can, F, Fl4, FNA5, G, Il, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, WH3, (basionym)
Links to other floras: < Silene virginica - FNA5
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to leaning perennial of woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs and roadbanks.
Stems: Stems branched from the plant base and covered with sticky hairs.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, the basal ones petiolate and stem leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in open, branching terminal cluster; red, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, deeply and unevenly notched petals with a ring of small, red teeth in their center, and a tubular calyx nearly 1 in. long and covered in sticky hairs.
Fruits: Fruit an ellisoid capsule, 1/2-1 in. long.
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Height: 8-32 in.
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description: Erect to leaning perennial of woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs and roadbanks.
stems: Stems branched from the plant base and covered with sticky hairs.
leaves: Leaves opposite, the basal ones petiolate and stem leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong-lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in open, branching terminal cluster; red, about 1 1/2 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, deeply and unevenly notched petals with a ring of small, red teeth in their center, and a tubular calyx nearly 1 in. long and covered in sticky hairs.
fruits: Fruit an ellisoid capsule, 1/2-1 in. long.
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native range: eastern & central N. America