Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Caryophyllaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke

  • Description

    Species Description - lance-ovate to oblanceolate, 3–8 × 1–3 cm, abruptly acuminate, sometimes ciliolate, the cauline often clasping; infl open; cal papery, inflated and umbilicate, 1 cm in fl, accrescent to 2 cm in fr, with 20 equal main veins and also reticulate-veiny; pet white, without auricles, the appendages minute or none, the blade 3.5–6 mm, deeply bilobed; carpophore 2–3 mm; styles 3; fruit trilocular, opening by 6 teeth; 2n=24. Native of Europe, occasionally found as a weed in waste places throughout most of temperate N. Amer. Summer. (S. cucubalus; S. latifolia (Mill.) Britton & Rendle)

  • Common Names

    bladder campion