White Campion

Invasive  Information

Scientific Name:   Silene latifolia


Fragrant, night-blooming wildflower. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants). Native to Europe.

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White Campion

Genus species: Silene latifolia
Common Name: White Campion
Family Name: Caryophyllaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, often with swollen nodes; leaves opposite, simple, entire, stipules scarious or absent; flowers mostly bisexual, regular, solitary or in various clusters; fruit a capsule or 1-seeded utricle.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:M. Becus
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