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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Caryophyllaceae	Agrostemma	Corncockle
Caryophyllaceae	Agrostemma githago var. githago	Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion, Corn-rose	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria	Sandwort
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria benthamii	Hill Sandwort	Open woodlands, calcareous slopes.	E. OK south to nw. LA and s. and w. TX, and ne. Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE).
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa	Spreading Sandwort	Dunes, maritime forests, coquina limestone outcrops, other rocky bluffs.	Se. VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX, AR, and Mexico, and north in the interior to sc. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria leptoclados	Small Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Slender Sandwort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. The relative ranges, habitats, and abundance of the A. leptoclados and A. serpyllifolia are poorly known; additional herbarium work is needed.
Caryophyllaceae	Arenaria serpyllifolia	Large Thyme-leaved Sandwort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. The relative ranges, habitats, and abundance of this and A. leptoclados in our area are poorly known.
Caryophyllaceae	Atocion	Sweet William Catchfly
Caryophyllaceae	Atocion armeria	Sweet William Catchfly, None-so-pretty, Garden Catchfly	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Caryophyllaceae	Pink Family
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium	Mouse-ear Chickweed, Mouse-ear
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium arvense	Field Chickweed	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. Introduced at scattered locations in ne. North America, including MD and NJ (FNA).
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium brachypetalum	Gray Mouse-ear	Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. The reports of C. tetrandrum for e. VA in Fernald (1950) and Gleason & Cronquist (1952) are actually this species.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium brachypodum		Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, lawns.	IL west to AB and OR, south to NC, nc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), and AZ. This taxon is perhaps only introduced in the eastern parts of our region from farther west.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium diffusum	Sea Mouse-ear	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare	Common Mouse-ear	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium glomeratum	Sticky Mouse-ear	Fields, disturbed areas, lawns.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium nutans var. nutans		Alluvial forests, bottomlands, moist forests.	NS west to NT, south to SC, GA, AZ, Mexico, and OR.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium parvum	Pygmy Starwort	Ditches and other moist, disturbed areas.	Native of South America.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium pumilum	Dwarf Mouse-ear	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium semidecandrum	Little Mouse-ear	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Reported for SC by Nelson & Kelly (1997).
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium strictum	American Field Chickweed, Prairie Chickweed	Prairies, pastures, other open, sandy or gravelly areas.	South to NJ, MD, VA, OH, IN, IL, MO, NM, and CA.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium tomentosum	Snow-in-summer, Dusty Miller	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. This species is "cultivated and sometimes escaped" in scattered locations in PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007). First reported for NC by Pittillo & Brown (1988).
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium velutinum var. velutinum	Field Mouse-ear, Starry Grasswort	Rocky river-scour areas, dry limestone bluffs, other open situations.	NY and s. ON west to MN, south to VA, TN, and n. AR.
Caryophyllaceae	Cerastium velutinum var. villosissimum	Octoraro Creek Chickweed	Serpentine barrens.	This taxon is highly restricted, found only at a few stations in the serpentine barrens of Chester County, PA, and Cecil County, MD (Gustafson et al. 2003).
Caryophyllaceae	Corrigiola	Strapwort
Caryophyllaceae	Corrigiola litoralis ssp. litoralis	Strapwort	Ballast, other disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Introduced as a waif south to NJ and PA.
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus	Pink, Carnation
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus armeria	Deptford Pink	Fields, roadsides, pastures.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus barbatus ssp. barbatus	Sweet William	Cultivated as an ornamental, rarely escaped to disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus deltoides ssp. deltoides	Maiden Pink, Meadow Pink	Cultivated as an ornamental, rarely escaped to adjacent areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus plumarius ssp. plumarius	Garden Pink, Grass Pink, Cottage Pink	Cultivated as an ornamental, rarely escaped to disturbed areas.	Native of e. Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Dichodon
Caryophyllaceae	Dichodon viscidum		Disturbed areas.	Native of s. Europe and Asia. Introduced in scattered states in the United States, including VA, KY, TN, MS (FNA). First reported for VA by Belden et al. (2004).
Caryophyllaceae	Drymaria	Drymary
Caryophyllaceae	Drymaria cordata var. cordata	Drymary, West Indian Chickweed	Moist hammocks, moist disturbed areas.	Sc. GA south to s. FL south into the New World tropics, the North American distribution probably all adventive (not reported for the Southeastern US by Chapman 1883, Mohr 1901, or Small 1903); also Old World tropics.
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon carolinianum	Carolina Sandwort, Longroot	Deep white sands of barren longleaf pine sandhills, sand barrens, other dry sandy habitats, as in the NJ Pine Barrens.	NY (Long Island) and formerly RI, to Panhandle FL, on the Coastal Plain.
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon cumberlandense	Cumberland Sandwort	Vertical sandstone outcrops in the Cumberland Plateau.	Endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of ne. TN (Fentress, Morgan, Pickett, and Scott counties) and se. KY (McCreary County).
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon glabrum	Appalachian Sandwort	Granitic flatrocks, other outcrops of granite, granitic gneiss, or other felsic gneisses and schists, in the mountains restricted to low or medium elevations.	ME and NH south to w. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and AL, primarily on the Piedmont and also in the Cumberlands (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon groenlandicum	Mountain Sandwort, Greenland Sandwort	Low elevation rock outcrops (such as sandstone pavements in the VA Ridge and Valley) to high elevation rock outcrops in the Mountains (ascending to nearly 2000m on Roan Mountain), also disjunct on the summits of quartzite monadnocks in the upper Piedmont (such as Pilot Mountain, Surry County, NC and Hanging Rock, Stokes County, NC).	Greenland, NS, and QC south to the higher mountains of New England and NY; disjunct in the Southern Appalachians of s. WV, w. VA, w. NC, and e. TN.
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon minimum	Geocarpon, Tiny-Tim	Sandstone glades, saline glades and slicks.	Sw. MO and ec. OK (Buthod & Miller 2023) south to n. LA and ne. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon nuttallii	Drummond's Sandwort	Sandy or sandy clay prairies and open woodlands.	AR and e. OK south to w. LA and e. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Geocarpon uniflorum		Granitic flatrocks, outcrops of Altamaha grit.	S. NC south to c. GA, west to ec. AL, on the Piedmont and extending into the Coastal Plain of Georgia on Altamaha grit.
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila	Baby's-breath
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila elegans	Annual Baby's-breath	Disturbed areas, persistent from cultivation, doubtfully established.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila oldhamiana	Manchurian Baby’s-Breath	Waif in field.	Native of e. Asia.
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila paniculata	Tall Baby’s-Breath	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila pilosa	Hairy Baby's-Breath	Waif on ore piles.	Native of w. Asia.
Caryophyllaceae	Gypsophila vaccaria	Cow-cockle, Cow-herb, Cow-soapwort	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. The record from VA (Arlington County) probably represents a waif.
Caryophyllaceae	Herniaria	Rupturewort
Caryophyllaceae	Herniaria glabra	Smooth Rupturewort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea	Hairy Rupturewort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Mediterranean Europe and n. Africa.
Caryophyllaceae	Herniaria hirsuta var. hirsuta		Waif on ore piles.
Caryophyllaceae	Holosteum	Jagged Chickweed
Caryophyllaceae	Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum	Jagged Chickweed	Fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed shale barrens, other disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Honckenya	Seabeach-chickweed, Sea-sandwort
Caryophyllaceae	Honckenya peploides ssp. robusta	Southern Seabeach-chickweed, Southern Sea-sandwort	Seabeaches and dunes.	The species is circumboreal, in North America ranging south to e. VA. Ssp. robusta ranges from NL (Newfoundland) south to e. VA; three other subspecies do not occur south of NL (Newfoundland).
Caryophyllaceae	Loeflingia	Loeflingia
Caryophyllaceae	Loeflingia squarrosa var. texana	Spreading Pygmyleaf	Open, sandy or gravelly areas.	NE south to KS, sw. AR, OK, LA, TX, and se. NM. Other varieties are more western.
Caryophyllaceae	Moehringia	Grove-sandwort
Caryophyllaceae	Moehringia lateriflora	Grove-sandwort, Blunt-leaved Sandwort	Prairies, wet meadows, swamps, and (in VA) rocky, disturbed areas (powerline) over mafic rocks (diabase).	Circumboreal, ranging south in North America to n. VA (Fairfax County), n. WV (Morton et al. 2004), MO, and CA.
Caryophyllaceae	Moenchia
Caryophyllaceae	Moenchia erecta ssp. erecta	Upright Chickweed	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia. This species was collected as a "wool alien" in Berkeley County, SC in 1958 (Rabeler 1991). Garland, Goldman, & Rabeler (2021) report multiple locations from Guilford County, NC.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia	Whitlow-wort, Nailwort
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia americana	American Whitlow-wort	Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub.	S. SC south to GA and s. FL.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia argyrocoma	Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort	Thin soils of rock outcrops, especially on mountain summits at medium to high elevations, disjunct to a few Piedmont monadnocks.	A characteristic component of the summit flora of Southern Appalachian peaks, P. argyrocoma occurs in the mountains of New England (ME, NH, VT, and MA), and in the Southern Appalachians of WV, VA, NC, TN, n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), and n. AL.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia baldwinii ssp. baldwinii	Annual Dune Whitlow-wort	Dry sandy sites, woodlands or dunes.	E. NC south to c. peninsular FL and west to AL (and LA?), on the Coastal Plain.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia baldwinii ssp. riparia	Perennial Dune Whitlow-wort	Dry sandy sites, woodlands or dunes.	Se. VA south to n. FL (and AL?), on the Coastal Plain.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia canadensis	Canada Whitlow-wort, Forked Chickweed	Dry rocky woods, shale barrens.	NH and s. ON west to MN, south to n. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), AL, n. AR, c. LA, and KS.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia chartacea	Paper Nailwort	Florida scrub and sandhills, occurring in both xeric white and yellow sands.	Endemic to the FL peninsula, primarily occurring on the Lake Wales Ridge.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia discoveryi		Florida scrub and scrubby flatwoods, interior dunes, and longleaf pine sandhills.	Endemic to FL (at least Brevard, Hardee, Lake, Orange, St. Johns, and Volusia counties).
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia drummondii	Drummond's Nailwort	Longleaf pine savannas, dunes.	OK south to w. LA e. TX, and s. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia erecta var. corymbosa	Hairy Squareflower	Coastal dunes.	Panhandle FL west to se. LA.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia erecta var. erecta	Smooth Squareflower	Coastal dunes.	Panhandle FL west to s. MS.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia fastigiata var. fastigiata	Common Forked Whitlow-wort	Dry, usually rocky, woodlands, often on thin soil around outcrop edges.	MA and VT west to se. MN, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia fastigiata var. nuttallii	Pennsylvania Forked Whitlow-wort	Dry woods.	NY, sc. PA, n. VA, WV, e. TN, and w. NC.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia fastigiata var. paleacea	Green Forked Whitlow-wort	Dry, mostly rocky woodlands.	NJ, DE, and PA west to IL, south to VA, NC, KY, TN, MO, and TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia herniarioides	Michaux's Whitlow-wort	Sand barrens, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub.	Sc. NC south to c. peninsular FL and e. Panhandle FL. The occurrence of this species in NC (cited by Small, Chaudhri, and FNA) is based on the type specimen of André Michaux ("in arenosis aridis Carolinae septentrionalis"); the species has been relocated in NC (Scotland County) by Harry E. LeGrand, Jr, over two centuries later, apparently very close to where Michaux must have encountered it.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia jamesii	James's Nailwort	Rocky or sandy open areas, prairies and pastures, especially over calcareous rocks.	NE and se. WY south through KS, OK, and CO to TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SON).
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia jonesii	Jones's Nailwort	Dunes, mesquital, dry grasslands.	Endemic in s. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia lindheimeri	Lindheimer's Nailwort	Rocky, sandy, or gravelly dry areas.	Mainly c. TX, south into Mexico.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia lundellorum	Lundells' Nailwort	"In tight sandy soils over saline clay on microhighs within salty prairie grasslands dominated by Spartina spartinae and in upper portions of saline flats surrounding short drainages and brackish basins typical of the South Texas Sand Sheet" (Poole, Carr, & Price 2007).	Endemic to s. TX (Brooks, Kenedy, and Kleberg counties).
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia minima	Crystal Lake Nailwort	White sand of exposed karst lake shores.	Endemic to the Panhandle FL (Bay and Washington counties).
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia montana	Shale-barren Whitlow-wort	Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens.	C. PA (and OH?) south through w. VA and e. WV to a few localities in NC, TN, GA, and AL.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia patula	Pineland Nailwort	Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas.	Sw. GA west to s. AL, south to c. peninsular FL.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia rugelii	Sand-squares, Rugel's Nailwort	Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods.	S. GA and se. AL south to c. peninsular FL.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia scoparia	Texas Whitlow-wort	Limestone outcrops.	AR and sw. MO (McDonald County) south to e. and sc. TX and COA.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia setacea	Bristle Nailwort	Grasslands.	E., c. and s. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Paronychia virginica	Virginia Whitlow-wort	Shale barrens, rocky riversides, calcareous rock outcrops and talus, serpentine outcrops.	W. & c. MD, DC, w. VA, e. WV, c. TN (Cheatham County; J. Gorrell & M. Brock, pers.comm., 2024), ec. GA, and c. AL.
Caryophyllaceae	Petrorhagia	Pink
Caryophyllaceae	Petrorhagia dubia	Hairy-pink	Roadsides, other disturbed areas.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Petrorhagia nanteuilii	Proliferous Pink	Roadsides.	Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Petrorhagia prolifera	Childing Pink, Proliferous Pink	Roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Petrorhagia saxifraga var. saxifraga	Saxifrage Pink	Disturbed areas.	"Cultivated and occasionally escaped" south to se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007), s. NJ, and MD (Rabeler (1985). Rabeler (1985) reported a location from Page Co. VA, but it appears that this is persistent from cultivation.
Caryophyllaceae	Polycarpaea
Caryophyllaceae	Polycarpaea corymbosa	Old-man’s-cap	Disturbed dry sandy sites.	Native of the Paleotropics.
Caryophyllaceae	Polycarpon	Allseed
Caryophyllaceae	Polycarpon tetraphyllum ssp. tetraphyllum	Four-leaved Allseed	Beaches, disturbed areas, paths, lawns, parking lots, ballast.	Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported for AL (Diamond & Woods 2009; H. Horne, pers. comm., 2013), VA (Wright et al. 2023), wc. LA (Allen et al. 2010), nw. LA (MacRoberts & MacRoberts 2020), and s. AR (J.M. Kelley, pers.comm. 2021).
Caryophyllaceae	Psammophiliella
Caryophyllaceae	Psammophiliella muralis	Cushion Baby's-breath	Disturbed areas, roadsides, yards, cemeteries.	Native of Europe. Found in Alamance County, NC (McCormick, pers. comm., 2009). Reported for various eastern states, including KY, TN, PA, NJ (FNA). Several collections from the Piedmont of NC show that this species is naturalizing away from dwellings.
Caryophyllaceae	Rabelera		A monotypic genus, a perennial herb, of temperate Europe and Asia.
Caryophyllaceae	Rabelera holostea	Easter-bell, Greater Stitchwort	Escaped or persistent from cultivation.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina diffusa		Calcareous ledges and glades.	E. and c. KY, sw. VA, and e. and c. TN; also s. MO.
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina fontinalis	Seepage Starwort, Water Starwort	Seepages and wet cliffs, disturbed areas, over calcareous substrate, growing from moss mats; rarely in lawns.	C. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997) and c. KY; disjunct in the Black Belt of AL (B. Keener, pers. comm., 2023).
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina michauxii	Rock Sandwort	Limestone, dolostone, calcareous sandstone, serpentine, and calcareous shale outcrops and barrens.	ME west to SD, south to VA, AL, nw. AR, TX, and NM.
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina muscorum	Lime-barren Sandwort	Rocky barrens of calcareous or mafic rocks, sandy barrens.	MO, e. KS, e. OK, and e. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina paludicola	Godfrey's Sandwort	Tidal freshwater marshes, calcareous seeps, other wetlands.	Peculiarly and irregularly distributed, with isolated and scattered locations in the Coastal Plain and Mountains: wc. VA, ne. TN, e. NC, ne. SC, e. Panhandle FL, n. peninsular FL, and wc. AL. The c. TN material is likely not the same as S. paludicola. Reports from s. AR were misidentified.
Caryophyllaceae	Sabulina patula	Lime-barren Sandwort	Rocky barrens of calcareous or mafic rocks.	Ec. PA and w. VA west to IN and MN, south to AL and TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Sagina	Pearlwort
Caryophyllaceae	Sagina apetala	Annual Pearlwort	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens	Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort	Disturbed ground, fields, cracks in pavement or sidewalks.	NB west to IL and MO, south to c. peninsular FL and TX, with adventive occurrences farther west.
Caryophyllaceae	Sagina japonica	Japanese Pearlwort	Disturbed areas.	Native of e. Asia. Also naturalized in se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007).
Caryophyllaceae	Sagina procumbens	Northern Pearlwort, Bird's-eye, Perennial Pearlwort	Disturbed soils.	Native of Eurasia (or, perhaps, also ne. North America). Crow (1978) questioned whether S. procumbens is native at all in the Western Hemisphere. In North America, it is concentrated in two main regions, from NS and QC south to MD, and from sw. BC south to c. CA, with scattered occurrences elsewhere, such as around the Great Lakes, CO, AR, s. OH, and w. NC. Whether or not the species is native in the New World, the occurrence in NC (in a gravel parking lot on top of Roan Mountain) is almost certainly adventive.
Caryophyllaceae	Saponaria	Soapwort
Caryophyllaceae	Saponaria ocymoides	Rock Soapwort	Disturbed areas, as an escape from horticultural use.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Saponaria officinalis	Soapwort, Bouncing Bet, Hedge Pink	Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Scleranthus	Knawel
Caryophyllaceae	Scleranthus annuus ssp. annuus	Knawel, Annual Knawel, Knotgrass	Fields, ditches, roadsides, other disturbed areas.	Native of Mediterranean Europe, n. Africa, and w. Asia.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene	Catchfly, Campion, Fire-pink, Wild-pink
Caryophyllaceae	Silene antirrhina	Sleepy Catchfly, Garter-pink	Dry, open woodlands, fields, disturbed areas.	Nearly throughout North America, south to c. peninsular FL, and in Mexico (BCN, CHH, COA, SON, TAM) and South America; introduced in Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene banksia	Brilliant Campion
Caryophyllaceae	Silene caroliniana var. caroliniana	South Carolina Wild-pink, Rock Catchfly	In acidic, sandy, open woodlands, especially woodlands around granitic flatrocks, and also on rocky mafic slopes.	Sc. NC south through the e. three-quarters of SC just into e. GA; disjunct in Panhandle FL.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica	Northern Wild-pink, Sticky Catchfly	Open woodlands, especially calcareous, but also in sandy soils of the Coastal Plain.	NH west to e. OH, south to VA, e., nc., and w. NC, e. SC, and ne. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Caryophyllaceae	Silene caroliniana var. wherryi	Kentucky Wild-pink, Catch-no-fly	Dry, rocky places, limestone bluffs.	Apparently in disjunct areas: S. OH south to sc. KY; ne. AL south to sc. AL; sc. MO. Reports from VA and WV seem to be erroneous.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene catesbyi	Eastern Fringed Catchfly, Fringed Campion	Mesic deciduous forests along streams or on lower- to mid-slopes.	C. GA south to Panhandle FL, and possibly in AL based on a C.T. Mohr specimen (see FNA).
Caryophyllaceae	Silene chalcedonica	Maltese-cross, Scarlet Lychnis, London-pride	Fields, roadsides, gardens, disturbed areas.	Native of ne. Asia (Russia, Siberia).
Caryophyllaceae	Silene conica ssp. conica	Sand Catchfly	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene conoidea	Large Sand Catchfly	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene coronaria	Mullein-pink, Rose Campion	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene csereii	Balkan Bladder-campion	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Documented for w. NC (J.K. Morton, pers.comm.). Also reported in se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993) and e. WV.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene dichotoma ssp. dichotoma	Forked Catchfly	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene dioica	Red Campion, Red Catchfly	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Introduced south at least to scattered locations in s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993). Reported rather vaguely for VA (Maguire 1950) as "south to Virginia"; no additional documentation is known to me.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene disticha
Caryophyllaceae	Silene flos-cuculi ssp. flos-cuculi	Ragged Robin	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Introduced and established in Alleghany County, NC (Poindexter 2008) and elsewhere in ne. North America, as in VA (Allegheny County; Wright et al. 2023) MD and PA.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene gallica	Small-flowered Catchfly, Common Catchfly	Sandy disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene latifolia	White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis	Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene nivea	Snowy Campion	Rocky or sandy flood-scoured riversides or creeksides.	NJ west to ND, south to n. VA, w. VA, WV, nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), TN, and MO.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene noctiflora	Sticky Cockle, Night-flowering Catchfly, Sticky Campion	Fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene ovata	Mountain Catchfly	Circumneutral soils of woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, mostly at medium elevations in the mountains.	Sw. VA, KY, s. IN, s. IL, and n. AR, south to e. SC, sw. GA, s. AL, s. MS, and c. AR.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene regia	Royal Catchfly	Prairies and calcareous woodlands and forests, dry upper slopes of limestone bluff woodlands.	OH, n. IN, n. IL, and e. KS south e. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997; Tennessee Flora Committee 2015), nw. and sw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), FL Panhandle (Jackson County), s. AL, s. AR, and sw. OK.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene rotundifolia	Roundleaf Fire-pink, Sandstone Fire-pink	Sandstones cliffs, ledges, and talus, and at bases of sandstone cliffs; also around limestone crevices and caves in central KY and TN, where it's even disjunct into the Bluegrass (albeit much rarer than on sandstone) (M. Brock, pers.comm., 2024).	S. OH and WV south to nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and n. AL, nearly restricted to the Cumberland Plateau.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene stellata	Starry Campion, Widow's-frill	Dry to mesic forests, rock outcrops.	CT and VT west to SD, south to c. GA and TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene subciliata	Louisiana Catchfly, Prairie Fire-pink	Longleaf pine savannas.	Sw. LA and e. TX.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene virginica var. robusta	Large Fire-pink	Mesic forest margins.	E. WV south through se. KY to e. TN.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene virginica var. virginica	Fire-pink	Woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs, roadbanks.	PA west to s. ON and se. MI, south to Panhandle FL (Bay County), GA and OK.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene viscaria	Clammy Catchfly	Disturbed areas, roadsides.	Native of Europe. The documentation for the single report in our region (in PA) has not been relocated.
Caryophyllaceae	Silene vulgaris	Bladder Campion, Maiden's-tears	Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Spergula	Spurrey
Caryophyllaceae	Spergula arvensis	Corn Spurrey	Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Spergula morisonii	Morison’s Spurrey	Fallow fields, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Known from MD (Prince Georges County) (Steury 2004a), MA, and NJ (FNA).
Caryophyllaceae	Spergula pentandra	Wingstem Spurrey	Sandy fields.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia	Sand-spurrey
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia canadensis var. canadensis	Canadian Sandspurrey	Salt marshes, beaches, brackish river edges.	NL and Nunavut south to NY (Long Island), n. NJ, and Ontario.
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia echinosperma		Disturbed soils.	Native of Europe. Naturalized in GA and AL (FNA).
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia marina	Saltmarsh Sand-spurrey	Brackish and salt marsh flats, inland in salt springs (as in n. LA) and introduced in salt waste (as pickle brine in Mount Olive, NC) and along salted highways.	Widespread on coasts of North America (from QC south to c. peninsular FL, from BC south to BCN and SON), inland along salted highways, in South America, and Eurasia. Considered by some (C, G) to be introduced only in North America, by others native (F, FNA, S).
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia media var. media		Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe. Known from salted highways in NY, OH, MI, and IL and salt or brackish marsh habitats in coastal NY
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia platensis var. platensis		Disturbed areas.	Native of South America (Argentina).
Caryophyllaceae	Spergularia rubra	Purple Sand-spurrey, Roadside Sand-spurrey	Disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria	Chickweed, Stitchwort, Starwort
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria alsine	Bog Stitchwort, Longstalk Starwort, Bog Chickweed, Bog Starwort	Seepages.	Circumboreal, in North America ranging south to DE, MD, w. NC, GA, FL, and LA (Rabeler & Thieret 1988). Possibly only introduced in parts at least of our area.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria aquatica	Water-chickweed, Giant Chickweed, Water Mouse-ear	Marshes, streambeds, wet meadows.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria borealis ssp. borealis	Northern Stitchwort	Cold swamps.	Greenland and NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to MD, n. WV (Canaan Valley, Tucker Co.), sc. PA, MI, WI, MN, CO, NV, and OR.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria corei	Tennessee Starwort	Cove forests and seepages at moderate to high elevations, rarely escaped from cultivation.	W. VA, WV, and sw. PA west to OH and IN, south to w. NC, e. and c. TN, and n. AL. Recently found in Johnson County, IL.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria graminea	Common Stitchwort, Lesser Stitchwort	Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria longifolia	Longleaf Stitchwort	Meadows, floodplain forests, freshwater tidal marshes, moist disturbed areas.	Apparently circumboreal, in North America ranging south to e. SC, w. VA, e. TN, MO, KS, AZ, and CA.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria media	Common Chickweed	Disturbed areas, gardens, fields, bottomlands, moist forests.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria neglecta		Disturbed areas.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria pallida	Lesser Chickweed	Disturbed areas, gardens, fields.	Native of Europe.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria prostrata		Moist soil along streams.	Apparently ranging from SC south to c. peninsular FL, west to c. and s. TX. This species has been reported repeatedly for SC and sometimes for VA as well; the VA reports are referable to S. pallida. More information is needed about its occurrence in our area.
Caryophyllaceae	Stellaria pubera	Star Chickweed, Common Starwort, Giant Chickweed, Great Chickweed	Bottomland forests, moist slopes, coves, hammocks.	NJ west to IL, south to Panhandle FL and AL.
Caryophyllaceae	Stipulicida	Wireplant
Caryophyllaceae	Stipulicida lacerata	Florida Wireplant	Xeric sands of longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, maritime forests.	Ne. FL south to s. FL; Cuba (Isla de la Juventud).
Caryophyllaceae	Stipulicida setacea	Coastal Plain Wireplant	Xeric sands of longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, maritime forests, very dry clayey roadbanks in the outer Piedmont.	Se. VA south to s. FL, west to e. LA (Florida parishes).