Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
A-gro-stem’ma. A small genus containing 3 species of annual herbs, native to the Mediterranean region. The seeds are poisonous, and the plants grow as weeds in grain fields.
Description
Leaves opposite and entire. Flowers solitary, with 5 petals.
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Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
Lick’nis. Catchfly ; Campion . A genus of about 35 herbs, mostly from the north temperate zone and northward, some old garden favorites.
Description
Erect plants, often with sticky hairs. Leaves opposite, stipules absent. Calyx with 5 teeth. Petals 5, with claw at base, limb rounded or sometimes 2-cleft or fringed. Stamens 10.
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Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
Jip-sof’fill-a. A genus of 125 handsome, small-flowered herbs, chiefly Eurasian, known generally as baby’s-breath for the profusion of mostly small flowers.
Description
Leaves small, bluish green, opposite. Joints slightly swollen. Flowers numerous, usually in profuse branched panicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, sometimes toothed, usually with a minute claw. Stamens 10.
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Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
Sy-lee’ne. Catchfly ; Campion . About 500 species of herbs distributed throughout the world. The species below useful for rock gardens or borders.
Description
Erect, tufted or spreading plants, the stems or calyx sometimes sticky. Leaves opposite, simple, without teeth. Flowers solitary or in loose-branching clusters, white, pink, or red. Calyx tubular, its 5 lobes teethlike. Corolla of 5 separate petals. Stamens 10.
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Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
Lick’nis. Catchfly ; Campion . A genus of about 35 herbs, mostly from the north temperate zone and northward, some old garden favorites.
Description
Erect plants, often with sticky hairs. Leaves opposite, stipules absent. Calyx with 5 teeth. Petals 5, with claw at base, limb rounded or sometimes 2-cleft or fringed. Stamens 10.
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Pink family
Caryophyllaceae
Dy-an’thus. About 300 species of mostly Eurasian herbs, some important as garden plants.
Description
Leaves opposite and usually narrow. Joints swollen. Flowers terminal, usually grouped in small, often dense, cymes or panicles, but sometimes solitary. Calyx veiny, with 5 teeth, and often with 2 or more bracts beneath it. Petals 5 (much doubled in some horticultural forms), fringed or toothed in some species, always with a longish basal shank. Stamens 10.
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