Silene virginica, the fire pink,[2] is a wildflower in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae. It is known for its distinct brilliant red flowers. Fire pink begins blooming in late spring and continuing throughout the summer. It is sometimes grown in wildflower, shade, and rock gardens.[3]
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^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Silene virginica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^Missouri Botanical Garden Center for Home Gardening: Silene virginica
Silenevirginica, the fire pink, is a wildflower in the pink family, Caryophyllaceae. It is known for its distinct brilliant red flowers. Fire pink begins...
is similar to the other two red-flowered eastern North American Silene, S. virginica and S. rotundifolia. This plant is native to the tallgrass prairie...
including Ohio, Cincinnati and Indiana. The larvae feed on the leaves of Silenevirginica. They create a tubular, trivalved silken case. Wikimedia Commons has...
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some Plateau tribes in an herbal tea to treat tuberculosis. Claytonia virginica (Virginia spring-beauty), used medicinally by the Iroquois, who would...
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