Common Name: white cockle, white campionScientific Name: Silene alba (Mill.) E.H.L. Krause, syn.Family Name: Caryophyllaceae - Pink FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and occasionally by rootstocks Stemsupright, branching, pubescent Leavesopposite, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, margined petioles below, sessile above Flowers5-petaled, white to sometime pinkish, "bladder -like"; petals notched; male and female on separate plants; calyx inflated, hairy, prominently veins (10 male or 20 female); open in evening; stalked and axillary