Night-flowering Catchfly

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Night-flowering Catchfly
(Silene noctiflora)

Form:

10-3 0 inches tall. with 1-3 simple or freely branching stems hairy

throughout and sticky above.

Leaves:

Opposite, lance-shaped, lower leaves with broad stalks,

upper leaves stalkless.

Flowers:

White to pinkish with 5 petals flaring out above a tubular ribbed

calyx tube. Petals are deeply notched and bear two appendages which give the appearance of a frill at the mouth of the tube. # styles arranged in a sparse cluster.

Habitat:	Introduced weed of fields and disturbed places in dry climates.
Season:	May to July

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