Description ³

Caryophyllaceae | starry campion
Deeply fringed, 5-petaled, white flowers clustered atop tall slender stalks and leaves mostly in whorls of 4.

Habitat: Open woods.

Flowers: 3/4" wide; sepals united, bell-shaped.

Leaves: 1 1/2-4" long, lanceolate, smooth.

Fruit: Many-seeded capsule.

Thieret, J. W., Niering, W. A., & Olmstead, N. C. (2001). National Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers: eastern region (Chanticleer Press ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

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