Fire Pink – Native Plant of the Day 01/01/2024
Photo from 05/29/2009. Location: Lake Nottely, Union County, GA.
More photos / info at the Silene virginica detail page.
Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly – Silene virginica
Native Plant of the Day 05/29/2015
Photo from May 30, 2004. Location: Big Frog Trail, Polk County, TN.
Note: See comment below from Forestry Service Botanist David Taylor, which brings this identification into question.
Roundleaf Catchfly – for more photos / info go to the Silene rotundifolia detail page.
Roundleaf Catchfly – Silene rotundifolia
Deptford Pink, a non-native, has been added to the USWildflowers database (02/12/2011.) Scientific name is Dianthus armeria. It is listed as an invasive species by some authorities. It’s also known by the common name Mountain Pink, although that common name (as happens often with common names) also applies to another species (Centaurium beyrichii.) Photo below was taken in Haywood County, NC on July 12, 2010.
Deptford Pink – Dianthus armeria