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White Campion
Silene pratensis		  
Family Pink  (Caryophyllaceae)
Bloom Summer
Habitat Meadows, roadsides
Status Non-Native
Cycle Annual
Height 1-3'
Flower Many white flowers about 1" wide with 5 deeply notched petals, sometimes it looks like 10 petals.  Behind the flower is a dark-veined green bladder.
Leaf Leaves are narrow lance-shaped 1-4" long.  Leaves are stalkless and are smooth.
Notes European import.  Often grows in disturbed ground like fields and along roadsides.

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