Chrysler Herbarium Specimen Observations (Rutgers University:CHRB:Observations)
2013-014
Silene latifolia Poir.
Caryophyllaceae
Larry Hwang
2013-10-23
United States, New Jersey, Middlesex, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Along 168 US route 1; nearest exit: ramp.
40.471317 -74.4321
30 meters (98ft)
Roadside
Soil
A uniquely designed little white campion wildflower, measures about 30-90 cm in height. Flower small approx. 2.5cm in width, radially symmetrical, a balloon-like, white or green-veined inflated calyx surrounded by 5, white or light pink, deeply notched petals; leaves opposite, hairy, thin and lanceolae-to-ovate in shape, measure 4-10cm in length.