*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; = 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. Basionym: Silene latifolia Poir. 1789
Links to other floras: = Silene latifolia - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Spreading (seldom erect) annual to, more often, biennial or short-lived perennial, found in fields, roadsides, and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems loosely branched, hairy and sticky.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, broadly lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: 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.
Fruits: Fruit a golden-brown capsule.
Comments: Flowers fragrant, opening in the evening.
Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Spreading (seldom erect) annual to, more often, biennial or short-lived perennial, found in fields, roadsides, and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems loosely branched, hairy and sticky.
leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate, broadly lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: 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.
fruits: Fruit a golden-brown capsule.
comments: Flowers fragrant, opening in the evening.
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