. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 6. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Fig. 1806. Silene virginica L. Sp. PI. , 1753- Perennial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid- pubescent, branching above, i°-2° high. Leaves thin, those of the base and lower part of the stem spatulate or oblanceolate, 3-5' long, obtuse or acute, tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves oblong- lanceolate, acute, sessile; inflorescence
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 6. Silene virginica L. Fire Pink. Fig. 1806. Silene virginica L. Sp. PI. , 1753- Perennial, slender, ascending or erect, viscid- pubescent, branching above, i°-2° high. Leaves thin, those of the base and lower part of the stem spatulate or oblanceolate, 3-5' long, obtuse or acute, tapering into a winged petiole; upper leaves oblong- lanceolate, acute, sessile; inflorescence _ loosely cymose-paniculate; flowers crimson, I'-ii' broad; pedicels slender, J'-2' long; calyx tubular-campanu- late, 9"-i2" long, enlarged by the ripening pod, its teeth ovate, acute, scarious-margined; petals 2-cleft, 2-lobed, or irregularly incised, crowned, the limb oblong or linear-oblong. In dry woods, southern New Jersey, western New Y'ork and southwestern Ontario to Minnesota, south to Geor- gia and Missouri. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. In- dian pink. May-Sept.
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