Silene virginica

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Read about Silene virginica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Silene virginica, Linn. Fire Pink. Fig. 3618. Perennial, 1 - 2 ft. high, viscid-pubescent: sts. striate, single, simple: lvs. spatulate or oblanceolate, the lower narrowed to ciliate-fringed petioles, the upper sessile: fls. very large, 1 in. or more across; crimson or scarlet, loosely cymose, commonly nodding or reflexed after anthesis; calyx clavate or oblong; petals broadly lanceolate, 2 (rarely 4) -toothed at the apex. Open woods and rocky hills, N. Y. to Minn., south to Ga. and Ark. B.M. 3342. Gn. 22, p. 375. G. 8:417. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:64. CH


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