STARRY CAMPION
			Silene stellata
	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.		Notice how it seems to erupt from an enclosed pod. DESCRIPTION: A small (2 - 3') and frail plant with 5 white petals that are deeply fringed and ragged. The stalks are slender with the lancelike leaves in whorls of 4. FLOWERS: July - September HABITAT: In and at the margins of rich, open woods. Is an infrequent plant, but can occur in small patches. OTHER INFORMATION: To be honest, I've only seen this plant a few times and haven't even sat by it and watched or observed much because of doing something else. I have read where this particular species is pollinated mosly by moths and butterflies, and somehow it's delicateness speaks of this. Member of the Pink family (Caryophyllacae) that includes Fire Pink and Chickweed and many others. OTHER OBSERVATIONS: My observations about this plant can be found at: OFFSITE INFORMATION: If you're interested