North Carolina Wildflowers

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Caryophyllaceae

Chickweed (Stellaria corei)
Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004

Rare in the mountains this species grows in dense patches where found. It's on the NC Natural Heritage Program Watch list.
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
Orange Co., NC
6 June 2006

This pretty little flower is introduced from Europe and is commonly found in fields, roadsides, and other disturbed areas.

Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
Orange Co., NC
6 June 2006
Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides)
Watauga Co., NC
27 July 2006

Native to Europe and Asia, in NC Maiden Pink is a rare garden escape, naturalized in few locations in NC. This may represent the first mountain naturalized population, found along a roadside on Beech Mt.

Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides)
Watauga Co., NC
27 July 2006

Maiden Pink differs from Deptford Pink in having wider petals and fewer, larger flowers.

Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides)
Watauga Co., NC
27 July 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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