#caryophyllaceae

[los-plantalones]

Stellaria media, or chickweed, is often considered a nuisance or just something to throw to the chickens when found outside of its native habitat (Eurasia).

WELL I’m here to tell you that you are missing out on this actually delicious plant. It’s one of my favorite spring greens to eat raw. I pile it on top of sandwiches and use it in salads. It tastes like oak leaf lettuce with a dash of sweetness similar to corn.

Think about this FREE salad ingredient next time you’re looking at a $3 bag of wilty spring mix

[oliviarosaline]

Fire Pink

Silene virginica

A perennial catchfly native to central and eastern North America. The bright, fiery red flowers attract ruby-throated hummingbirds to pollinate them, and sticky sepals and stems on the plant act as a trap for small insects trying to climb up it, hence the name "catchfly" for plants in this genus. It prefers somewhat dry soils and part-sun, so it can be found on rocky slopes in open woodlands, savannas, and other similar habitats.

I found this fire pink growing in open, rocky woods near blackjack oaks and other drought-tolerant species.

April 18th, 2024

St. Francois County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Caryophyllaceae

Photograph taken on September 23, 2022, at Marmora and Lake, Ontario, Canada.

[francescointoppa]

Centocchio comune (Stellaria media (L.) Vill., Caryophyllaceae)

[faguscarolinensis]

Cherleria obtusiloba / Alpine Sandwort on the Echo Lake Trail on Mount Blue Sky in Evergreen, CO

[syngoniums]

Yellow nailwort (Paronychia virginica).

[heather-rajendran]

Red campion (Silene dioica) wildflower photo I took 12/05/2024, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK

[drhoz]

#2659 - Scleranthus uniflorus

Another plant from the Tasman moraine - related to the carnations, surprisingly. The binomial means 'single-flowered hard-flower'.

A mound-forming groundcover, growing to a few centimeters high. It's found in eastern Australia and Aotearoa, but I don't have much information on it. At least one form grows in alpine areas, although the bulk of the records on iNaturalist are at lower elevations on the Canterbury Plains and Central Otago. It would appear the alpine form is less compacted.  It prefers well drained sandy soils in full sun to partial shade.

Aoraki / Mount Cook, Aotearoa New Zealand

[rattyexplores]

Polycarpon Plants

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

22/03/23 - NSW

[philoursmars]

Marseille. Deuxième balade avec Christine (et Luna !) dans le massif de Marseilleveyre (Parc National des Calanques) : eh oui, mes genoux me laissent tranquille !

Le but de cette balade : le Pas de la Selle. Ici, à mi-course, dans la pinède de l'ubac, le chemin est sablonneux et couvert d'aiguilles de pin, ce qui donne presque l'impression de marcher sur une moquette.

Le mistral est glacial !

Côté botanique, la liane est une Salsepareille mais j'ignore le nom de l'autre fleur, une caryophyllacée...

Après recherche, ce serait un Silene italica.

[blogflores0]

Autor: Olga Guedes

[konstapelnn]

Backnejlika (Dianthus deltoides)

Familj: Caryophyllaceae, nejlikväxter

Backnejlika är en flerårig, lågväxt ört som växer i lösa tuvor och blir 10–30 cm hög. Stjälken är uppstigande, trind och finhårig. Rosettbladen är 1–3 cm, långsmala och jämnbreda. Stjälkbladen är linjära, motsatta och 1–3 cm långa. Knoppen som är omgiven av hylsblad är långsmal och spetsig. Fruktställningen består av ljusbruna kapslar i ett glest knippe i stjälkens topp.

Backnejlikans grågröna, lite lösa tuvor med flera stjälkar kommer tidigt på säsongen. Blommorna uppträder enstaka, med deltaformade violettröda kronblad med vita prickar samt är grunt tandade i kronbladens spets (Artdatabanken 2024).

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Caryophyllaceae

Photograph taken on July 21, 2023, at Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, Mono, Ontario, Canada.

[francescointoppa]

S – Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. – Silene dioica (Caryophyllaceae)

[faguscarolinensis]

Silene ovata / Blue Ridge Catchfly at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Stellaria media Common Name(s): Common chickweed Family: Caryophyllaceae (pink, carnation) Life Cycle: Annual or short-lived perennial Leaf Retention: N/A Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Introduced Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Winter