Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
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| Botanical name: | Silene caroliniana Walter ssp. pensylvanica |
| Common name: | Pennsylvania catchfly, sticky catchfly, wild pink |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 10" |
| Foliage: | opposite leaves leaves entire, sticky upper stem; tuft of slender leaves at base |
| Flower: | wedge shaped pink petals; flowers, 1" wide, petals broades at tip, indented; calyx sticky |
| Flowering time: | late April to mid June |
| Habitat: | well drained, dry open rocky or sandy ground of thin woods and shaded edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | scattered statewide outside the Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S3 |
| Distribution: |  |