. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. Silene cserei Baumgarten SMOOTH CATCHFLY A biennial 4 to 36 inches high, with opposite leaves and resembling bladder campion except for having a taproot. Leaves smooth, thick, elliptic-lanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers numerous, pink, with an inflated calyx, white petals cleft at the tip and in whorls around stem. Mature calyx ovoid and i inch long. Increasing along railway grades throughout the Silene cucubalus Wibel BLADDER CAMPION A tall, erect perennial 6 to 24 inches high, with smooth hairless stems. Leaves opposite, lanceolate
. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. Silene cserei Baumgarten SMOOTH CATCHFLY A biennial 4 to 36 inches high, with opposite leaves and resembling bladder campion except for having a taproot. Leaves smooth, thick, elliptic-lanceolate, 2 to 4 inches long. Flowers numerous, pink, with an inflated calyx, white petals cleft at the tip and in whorls around stem. Mature calyx ovoid and i inch long. Increasing along railway grades throughout the Silene cucubalus Wibel BLADDER CAMPION A tall, erect perennial 6 to 24 inches high, with smooth hairless stems. Leaves opposite, lanceolate and smooth, 1 to 3 inches long. Flowers i to I inch across, in loose open panicles. Sepals united in a bladder f to i inch long. Petals 2-cleft, white. Introduced, persist- ent, not common but generally plentiful where found. 59 68458-9—5J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Branch. Ottawa, Queen's Printer
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