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Wild Pink (Silene caroliniana)

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Wild Pink (Silene caroliniana)
·leaf
Other common names: Pennsylvania Pink, Sticky Catchfly
Native
Family: Caryophyllaceae (Pink)
Height: 0.3 to 0.9 ft.
Blooms: April to June
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.75 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Ghost Town Trail
Date:  6/28/2003
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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