OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 52 taxa in the family Caryophyllaceae, Pink family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon Common Name: Knawel, Annual Knawel, Knotgrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scleranthus annuus ssp. annuus   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Scleranthus annuus   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scleranthus annuus 071-01-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, ditches, roadsides, other disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA, uncommon in Mountains)

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe, northern Africa, western Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Silverling, Silver Whitlow-wort, Silvery Nailwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paronychia argyrocoma   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paronychia argyrocoma 071-02-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Thin soils of rock outcrops, especially on mountain summits at medium to high elevations, disjunct to a few Piedmont monadnocks

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Mountain Nailwort, Shale-barren Whitlow-wort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Paronychia montana   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paronychia montana   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paronychia fastigiata 071-02-004?   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Dry rock outcrops and talus barrens, especially on shale barrens

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Forked Chickweed, Canada Whitlow-wort, Smooth Forked Nailwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paronychia canadensis   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paronychia canadensis   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paronychia canadensis 071-02-005   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Dry rocky woods, shale barrens

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Yellow Nailwort, Virginia Whitlow-wort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paronychia virginica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Paronychia virginica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Shale barrens, rocky riversides, calcareous rock outcrops and talus, serpentine outcrops

Rare

Native to Georgia & north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Plain Wireplant, Pineland Scaly-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Stipulicida setacea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stipulicida setacea var. setacea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stipulicida setacea 071-04-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric sands of longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, maritime forests, very dry clayey roadbanks in the outer Piedmont

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Water-chickweed, Giant Chickweed, Water Mouse-ear

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria aquatica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Myosoton aquaticum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria aquatica 071-07-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, streambeds, wet meadows

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria media   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stellaria media ssp. media   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria media 071-07-002   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, gardens, fields, bottomlands, moist forests

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lesser Stitchwort, Grassleaf Starwort, Common Stitchwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria graminea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stellaria graminea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria graminea 071-07-003   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Star Chickweed, Giant Chickweed, Great Chickweed, Common Starwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria pubera   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stellaria pubera   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria pubera 071-07-004   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, moist slopes, coves, hammocks

Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tennessee Starwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria corei   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stellaria corei   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria corei 071-07-005   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests and seepages at moderate to high elevations, rarely escaped from cultivation

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Bog Chickweed, Bog Stitchwort, Longstalk Starwort, Bog Starwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria alsine   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stellaria alsine   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stellaria alsine 071-07-006x   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Seepages

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, a circumboreal species

 


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Common Name: Longleaf Stitchwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stellaria longifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Stellaria longifolia var. longifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Meadows, floodplain forests, freshwater tidal marshes, moist disturbed areas

Rare

Native to North Carolina (apparently circumboreal)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Mouse-ear Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cerastium holosteoides var. vulgare 071-08-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common in Carolinas, rare in GA

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Little Mouse-ear Chickweed, Fivestamen Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cerastium semidecandrum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cerastium semidecandrum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cerastium semidecandrum 071-08-002   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sticky Mouse-ear, Sticky Chickweed, Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cerastium glomeratum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cerastium glomeratum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cerastium glomeratum 071-08-003   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, lawns

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Gray Mouse-ear Chickweed, Gray Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cerastium brachypetalum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cerastium brachypetalum 071-08-004   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Nodding Mouse-ear Chickweed, Nodding Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cerastium nutans   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cerastium nutans var. nutans   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cerastium nutans var. nutans 071-08-005a   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial forests, bottomlands, moist forests

Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in SC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Jagged Chickweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Holosteum umbellatum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Holosteum umbellatum 071-09-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, disturbed shale barrens, other disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Trailing Pearlwort, Eastern Pearlwort, Annual Pearlwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sagina decumbens   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sagina decumbens ssp. decumbens   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sagina decumbens 071-10-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed ground, fields, cracks in pavement or sidewalks

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northern Pearlwort, Bird's-eye Pearlwort, Perennial Pearlwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sagina procumbens   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sagina procumbens   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed soils

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia, & possibly native to ne. North America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Sandwort, Longroot, Pine-barren Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Geocarpon carolinianum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia caroliniana   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria caroliniana 071-11-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Deep white sands of barren longleaf pine sandhills, sand barrens, other dry sandy habitats, as in the NJ Pine Barrens

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Large Thymeleaf Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria serpyllifolia 071-11-002   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Lesser Thymeleaf Sandwort, Slender Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arenaria leptoclados   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Arenaria serpyllifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria serpyllifolia 071-11-002?   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Spreading Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. lanuginosa var. lanuginosa   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria lanuginosa 071-11-003   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes, maritime forests, coquina limestone outcrops, other rocky bluffs

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Piedmont Sandwort, One-flower Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geocarpon uniflorum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia uniflora   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria uniflora 071-11-004   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, outcrops of Altamaha grit

Uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Sandwort, Greenland Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Geocarpon groenlandicum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia groenlandica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria groenlandica var. groenlandica 071-11-005a   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: 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)

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Geocarpon glabrum   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia glabra   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria groenlandica var. glabra 071-11-005b   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Granitic flatrocks, other outcrops of granite, granitic gneiss, or other felsic gneisses and schists, in the mountains restricted to low or medium elevations

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Godfrey's Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabulina paludicola   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia godfreyi   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Arenaria godfreyi 071-11-006   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Tidal freshwater marshes, other wetlands

Rare (with isolated and scattered locations in the Coastal Plain & Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Lime-barren Sandwort, Glade Sandwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sabulina patula   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Minuartia patula   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky barrens of calcareous or mafic rocks

Rare in GA

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Deptford Pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dianthus armeria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dianthus armeria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dianthus armeria 071-12-002   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures

Common in Mountains, common in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Agrostemma githago var. githago   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Agrostemma githago   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Agrostemma githago 071-13-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rose Campion, Mullein-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silene coronaria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lychnis coronaria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lychnis coronaria 071-14-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene latifolia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Silene latifolia ssp. alba   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lychnis alba 071-14-002   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common in NC (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Ragged Robin

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene flos-cuculi ssp. flos-cuculi   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lychnis flos-cuculi   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Soapwort, Bouncing Bet

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Saponaria officinalis   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saponaria officinalis   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saponaria officinalis 071-15-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, roadsides

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Starry Campion, Widow's-frill

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene stellata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene stellata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene stellata 071-17-001   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, rock outcrops

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Forked Catchfly

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene dichotoma ssp. dichotoma   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Silene dichotoma   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene dichotoma 071-17-003   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains (waifs in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bladder Campion, Maiden's-tears

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silene vulgaris   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene vulgaris   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene cucubalus 071-17-004   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sleepy Catchfly, Garter-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene antirrhina   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene antirrhina   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene antirrhina 071-17-005   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Sweet William Catchfly, Garden Catchfly, None-so-pretty

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Atocion armeria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene armeria   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene armeria 071-17-006   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fire-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene virginica var. virginica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene virginica var. virginica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene virginica 071-17-007   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, rock outcrops, crevices in cliffs, roadbanks

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Large Fire-pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene virginica var. robusta   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene virginica var. robusta   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forest margins

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Royal Catchfly

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene regia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene regia   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Prairies and calcareous woodlands and forests

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: South Carolina Wild-pink, Rock Catchfly, Carolina Pink

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene caroliniana var. caroliniana   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene caroliniana ssp. caroliniana   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene caroliniana 071-17-008   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: In acidic, sandy, open woodlands, especially woodlands around granitic flatrocks, and also on rocky mafic slopes

Uncommon in SC, rare in GA & NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northern Wild-pink, Sticky Catchfly, Pennsylvania Catchfly

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene caroliniana var. pensylvanica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene caroliniana 071-17-008?   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands, especially calcareous, but also in sandy soils of the Coastal Plain

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Mountain Catchfly, Fringed Campion, Blue Ridge Catchfly

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene ovata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene ovata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene ovata 071-17-009   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Circumneutral soils of woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, mostly at medium elevations in the mountains

Rare (historically in SC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Night-flowering Catchfly, Sticky Campion, Sticky Cockle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene noctiflora   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene noctiflora   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silene noctiflora 071-17-010   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Rare south of WV

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Snowy Campion

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene nivea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene nivea   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky or sandy flood-scoured riversides or creeksides

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Fringed Campion, Eastern Fringed Catchfly

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silene catesbyi   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silene polypetala   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic deciduous forests along streams or on lower- to mid-slopes

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Drymary, West Indian Chickweed, Heartleaf Drymary

Weakley's Flora: (4/13/22) Drymaria cordata var. cordata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Drymaria cordata ssp. cordata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Moist hammocks, moist disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native

 


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Common Name: Tall Baby’s-breath

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gypsophila paniculata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gypsophila paniculata   FAMILY: Caryophyllaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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