Silene caroliniana

wild pink

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 0.5-1'
Flowers: Apr.-Jun.; white to pink
Fruit: capsule
Fall color: semi-evergreen

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist
Soil pH:
Soil type: Loamy

Habitat

dry open woods, rocky slopes, roadside banks, shale barrens

Native to

Region: Coastal Mountain *
States: MD

Wildlife

*

Notes

semi-evergreen; native to limestone areas

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1388.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004