Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Silene latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba FAMILY Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lychnis alba
COMMON NAME:
White Campion, Evening Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis
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JK Marlow jkm0305m_25
May Jackson County NC
Roadside
A hairy plant, sticky-glandular in its upper portion, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm0305n_01
May Jackson County NC
Roadside
Has an open, branched inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm0308p_19
August Jackson County NC
Roadside
Petals are bilobed and open in the evening, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silene latifolia
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Silene latifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-14-002:
Lychnis alba
FAMILY
Caryophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lychnis alba
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