Starry Campion
Scientific Name: Silene stellata
White, deeply fringed, perfect flowers (male and female parts in same flower) remain open during the evening, night, and early morning.
Starry Campion
Scientific Name: Silene stellata
Starry Campion
| Genus species: | Silene stellata | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Starry 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 |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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