Common Name -  White Campion
	Scientific Name - Lychnis alba
	Family Name -  Pink (Caryophyllaceae)
Season	Annual, blooms throughout the summer and into the fall.
Habitat	Waste places, roadsides, dry fields.
Flower	Regular,white or pinkish with 5 notched petals. Sepals are fused to from a "bladder" behind the flower head. Flower diameter is approximately 1 inch.
Leaves	Simple, lance shaped, without lobes or teeth, opposite arrangement along the stem. Some upper leaves and stems have a downy appearance.
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