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STARRY CAMPION
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Silene stellata (L. ) W.T. Aiton
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| Konza Prarie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 2-4 feet |
| Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink Family |
| Flowering Period: June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Erect, several, simple to inflorescence, often purplish, sparsely to densely rough-hairy. | | Leaves: | | Mostly in whorls of 4 but occasionally opposite, simple, sessile, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5 to 4.5 inches long, .5 to 1.75 inch wide, minutely hairy; margins entire; tips tapered to points. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicles, loose, several to many flowers, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Showy, about 3/4 to 1 inch wide, short-stalked; calyces bell- or funnel-shaped, 5-toothed, 10-nerved, finely hairy, teeth broadly triangular; petals 5, 1/3 to 2/3 inch long, white; tips deeply fringed into 8-12 lobes; stamens 10, threadlike, protruding past petals. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, nearly spherical, 6-toothed, firm; seeds many, purplish brown. | | Habitat: | | Woods and thickets, in sandy or clay soils. | | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | "Starry" is in reference to the appearance of the flowers. |
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| | Starry campion leaves |  | | 105 KB | | Konza Prarie, Riley County, Kansas |
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