FIRE PINK
			Silene virginica - Catchfly
	HOME Botanical Terms Lists: Master Plant List Flowering Times List Flowers by Color/Type Endangered Species List Habitat List Use the 'back' button on your browser to return, if necessary.		A showy member of the Pink (Caryophyllaceae) Family. FAMILY: Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae) DESCRIPTION: 1" - 2" bright red flowers atop a long dark stem. 5-petaled with deeply cleft ends. The sepals are united into a long sticky tube. The lanceolate leaves are opposite. The plants stand, sometimes lazily, from 6" to 2'. FLOWERS: April to August (Though i've seen scattered blooms as late as October up on the mountains) HABITAT: The edge of open woods, thickets, rocky and sandy slopes. OTHER INFORMATION: The other name, Catchfly, refers to the sticky hollow tube that sometimes entraps flies and other smaller insects in the flower. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: My observations about this plant can be found at: OFFSITE INFORMATION: If you're interested