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	Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
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		Other common names: Maiden's Tears, Maidenstears
            Introduced
                    
            Family: 
                Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
			Height: 0.6 to 2.5 ft.
			
			
			
			Blooms: April to
				August
			
			Leaf Type:
			
				smooth
			
			Bloom Size:  1 in. (typical)
			Flower Description:
			
				Individual flowers,
				
				Regular blooms, 10 or more parts
				
			Location: Ghost Town Trail
			Date:  6/28/2003
			
			Notes:
			
				Actually only 5 petals, but they are so deeply incised that there appear to be 10.
			
			
			
		
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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.