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 
Siléne 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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