Best Caryophyllaceae
Starry campion, Silene stellata, is a perennial wildflower native to eastern and central North America. Its loose clusters of white flowers have five deeply fringed petals that create a delicate star-like outline, while the leaves are commonly arranged in whorls along the stem. It grows in deciduous...
Ragged robin, Silene flos-cuculi, is a herbaceous perennial native to Europe and parts of western Asia, where it grows in damp meadows, marshes, and stream margins. Its pink flowers have five petals, each divided into four narrow lobes that create a distinctly ragged appearance. Drainage, agricultur...
Red campion, Silene dioica, is a perennial or biennial flowering plant native to Europe and parts of western Asia. It bears rose-pink flowers with five deeply notched petals and commonly grows in hedgerows, woodland margins, roadside banks, and other partly shaded places. The species is dioecious, m...
Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago) is an annual flowering plant in the carnation family that was historically widespread as a weed of European grain fields. It has slender stems, narrow leaves, and pink-purple flowers, but its seeds contain toxic compounds and can contaminate harvested grain. Improved...
Cerastium arvense, widely recognized as field chickweed, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. Native to temperate regions across North America and Eurasia, it typically grows in dry, open environments such as meadows, grasslands, and rocky slopes. The p...
A Eurasian perennial (Silene latifolia) introduced to North America, widely studied in evolutionary biology as a model organism for the genetics of sex determination in plants.
