WHITE AND GREENISH WILD FLOWERS 



sparingly in alternating pairs upon the stalk. This 

 Chickweed is found in dry, rocky places from Labrador 

 to Alaska, and south to Georgia, Missouri, Nevada 

 and California. It blossoms from April to July. 



STARRY CAMPION 



Silene stellata. Pink Family. 



You can tell at once by their swollen joints that the 

 Campions are related to the Pink family. The promi- 

 nent calyx is another tell-tale feature. The erect, leafy, 

 light green stem is roughened with fine hairs and 

 grows from two to three and a half feet high. The 

 long, oval, yellow green leaf is tapered at the point. 

 The surface is rough, and the margin is fringed with 

 fine hairs. The leaves are arranged in whorls of four 

 with occasional odd pairs near the top or base of the 

 stalk. The light green, five-toothed calyx is sticky, 

 inflated, and bell-shaped. The stem and calyx are 

 stained with red. The beautiful, white, star-shaped 

 flowers are prettily grouped in a large, open, terminal 

 cluster. The five delicate petals are deeply fringed and 

 clawed, and ten long stamens extend beyond the 

 corolla. The Starry Campion is a conspicuous plant, 

 unfolding its petals in the evening and closing them in 

 the bright sun. It dwells commonly along woodland 

 slopes from Massachusetts to Nebraska and southward 

 to South Carolina and Arkansas during June, July and 

 August. The generic name Silene is derived from the 

 Greek seilanos, a mythical god, described as being 

 covered with foam; connected with sialon. or saliva, 



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