Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Image ID: 2011/bf025
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Introduced
Family:
Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 1 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Butler-Freeport Trail
Date: 5/22/2011
Notes:
Deeply cleft petals.
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
