Wildflower - White Campion

White Campion (Silene latifolia), which is native to most of Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa and has naturalized in North America. The White campion in our neighborhood is a bright white, but it can cross-breed with red campion (S. dioica) to produce a pink-flowered hybrid.



The flowers grow in clusters at the tops of the stems with a distinctive inflated calyx and five white petals. This plant is also know as Bladder Campionhe due to the inflated calyx.



It is also known as the Grave Flower or Flower of the Dead in parts of England as they are seen often growing on grave-sites and around tombstones.