Author | (Moench) Garcke | |
Distribution | Mostly in the Mountains; also Rockingham, Wake, Edgecombe, and New Hanover counties.
Native of Europe; in N.A. throughout most of Canada south to GA, AR, AZ, CA. | |
Abundance | Uncommon to locally common in the northern and central Mountains, rare elsewhere. | |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, pastures, railroad margins, barnyards. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-August. | |
Identification | Bladder Campion is distinctive in its inflated (globular at maturity) calyx that can be pale green but is often a soft pink and mottled with little white patches (or alternatively, dark red lines). The petals are white and deeply cleft. This is a very conspicuous plant when in bloom, especially if the plants have a mottled pink calyx. | |
Taxonomic Comments | Formerly named as S. cucubalus.
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
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