Silene latifolia seed

Silene latifolia – White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis.

Silene latifolia is part of the large Silene genus, which has about 700 species worldwide; 70 in North America.

White Campion, which blooms in the summer and fall, was introduced into North America from its native Europe, and has spread across most of the United States except for a few southern states, and across Canada except for a few northern provinces since then.