196 PINK TO MAGENTA 



1. WILD PINK: Catchfly. Silene pennsylvdnica. 

 Pink Family. Apr. — June. 



Found in gravelly, rocky places. Eastern 

 New England to New York and Kentucky, 

 south to Georgia. 

 Flowers — Crimson-pink, divisions 5, somewhat 

 sticky immediately below the flower, in 

 terminal clusters, 4—10 inches high. 

 Leaves — Blunt lance-shaped, mostly at the base; 

 a few opposite, lance-shaped leaves 

 seated on the stems. 



2. MAIDEN PINK: Didnthus deltoides. 

 Pink Family. June — Aug. 



Found in fields, waste places. New England 

 to Michigan. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Flowers — Crimson-pink or white, 5 toothed divi- 

 sions, blooming singly, terminating 

 slender stems 6-12 inches high. 

 Leaves — Narrow, erect. 



DEPTFORD PINK: D. Armeria. 



Flowers crimson-pink, white-dotted, divisions 

 toothed. Plant stem and leaves finely hairy. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



