PLANT PROFILE

Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica
Pennsylvania catchfly, sticky catchfly, wild pink



Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica
Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica
Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht
Botanical name: Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica
Common name: Pennsylvania catchfly, sticky catchfly, wild pink
Group: dicot
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Growth type: forb/herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: native
Plant height: 4 - 10"
Foliage: opposite leaves leaves entire, sticky upper stem; tuft of slender leaves at base
Flower: wedge shaped pink petals; flowers, 1" wide, petals broades at tip, indented; calyx sticky
Flowering time: late April to mid June
Habitat: well drained, dry open rocky or sandy ground of thin woods and shaded edges
Range in New Jersey: scattered statewide outside the Pine barrens
Heritage ranking, if any: S3
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