Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W.Ball & Heywood
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caryophyllaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual to 6 dm, simple or sparingly branched; internodes mostly glabrous; lvs linear or linear-oblong, 1–6 cm, to 2(–3) mm wide, 3-veined, scabrous-margined; fls in (1–)3–7-fld capitate cymes terminating the stem and branches, these, infls closely subtended by 2–3 pairs of large, scarious, brown, broadly ovate-oblong or obovate bracts forming an invol mostly 1–1.5 cm about equaling the fls, the fls also individually subtended by a pair of bracts; cal cylindric, 10–13 mm, 15-veined (5 veins the stronger); pet-blade short, pink, 1-veined, shallowly obcordate; seeds reticulate; 2n=30. European sp., cult. and sporadically escaped into disturbed sites in our range. May–Sept. (Tunica p.)
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Common Names
Childing pink