Fire Pink – Native Plant of the Day 01/01/2024
Photo from 05/29/2009. Location: Lake Nottely, Union County, GA.
More photos / info at the Silene virginica detail page.
Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly – Silene virginica
Starry Campion – Native Plant of the Day 09/28/2023
Photo from 8/1/2011. Location: Haywood County, NC.
More photos / info at the Silene stellata detail page.
Starry Campion, Widow’s Frill – Silene stellata
Royal Catchfly – Native Plant of the Day 08/05/2018
Photo from 08/04/2013. Location: Dade County, GA.
More photos / info at the Silene regia detail page.
Royal Catchfly – Silene regia
White Campion, an introduced species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/28/2015.) Scientific name is Silene latifolia. Photo below was taken in Meldrum Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada on Aug 10, 2015. Go to the White Campion detail page for more information.
White Campion – Silene latifolia
Native Plant of the Day 05/29/2015
Photo from May 30, 2004. Location: Big Frog Trail, Polk County, TN.
Note: See comment below from Forestry Service Botanist David Taylor, which brings this identification into question.
Roundleaf Catchfly – for more photos / info go to the Silene rotundifolia detail page.
Roundleaf Catchfly – Silene rotundifolia
Royal Catchfly, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/06/2013.) Scientific name is Silene regia. Photo below was taken in Dade County, GA on Aug 4, 2013. Go to the Royal Catchfly detail page for more photos and information.
Royal Catchfly – Silene regia
Starry Campion, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (09/12/2010.) Scientific name is Silene stellata. Photo below was taken in Haywood County, NC on July 12, 2010.
Starry Campion, Widow’s Frill – Silene stellata
Silene rotundifolia – Roundleaf Catchfly
Back in 2004, when the only real wildflower identification guide I had was Audubon’s North American Wildflowers Eastern, I identified this flower as Fire Pink – Silene virginica. I was wrong.