Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Silene vulgaris

Usually, when I see Campion flowers, they are either closed or in really poor condition. This one wasn't too bad, though I didn't take a very well-balanced photo of it : ). It is an introduced species from Eurasia and grows along roadsides and waste areas.

We saw this plant at the Reader Rock Garden yesterday, but it does grow in the wild, too. It had hailed a short while before, and the water droplets were still on some of the flowers.