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Herbs with SWOLLEN NODES and opposite or rarely whorled leaves; leaves always simple with entire margins; the leaf bases often connate. Stipules mostly absent, sometimes membranous and connate Caryophyllaceae
Sepals connate
Styles 3–5. Fruit a 5–6-valved capsule
Styles 5. Leaves lanceolate, 4–9 cm long. Calyx 15–30 mm long, 10–20-veined. Petals white. Capsule 10-valved. Dioecious, ± pubescent herb. Southern Blue Mts; Mt. Tomah. Grasslands. Introd. from Europe. Fl. summer. White Campion Silene latifoliaalba