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bladder campion, white campion, white cockle (Silene latifolia) |
UWSP Common Plants of Wisconsin |
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bladder campion, white campion, white cockle (Silene latifolia; PINK FAMILY [Caryophyllaceae]) 1-4' tall annual or perennial, typically with numerous pairs of opposite stem leaves. 1" white flowers with 5 notched petals open in the evening. The calyx is a tube, which becomes disproportionately inflated during fruit development. Plants are either staminate or pistillate, but look very similar. An introduced weed of fields and waste places. Flowers throughout growing season. [056]
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