An up close image of the five fringed petals of starry campion.

A panicle of white starry campion flowers with the upper ones in open bloom and the lower ones yet to bloom.

Four starry campion plants showing the whorls of four leaves.

Starry Campion (Silene stellata)

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Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

Starry Campion (Silene stellata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Starry Campion

Height: 1-3 feet

Bloom: July-August

Soil: loam, clay loam

Sun: light shade to part-sun

Plant spacing 18-24”

Flower: white

Life cycle: perennial

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Seed source: Great Lakes region

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Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

Starry Campion (Silene stellata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Starry Campion

Height: 1-3 feet

Bloom: July-August

Soil: loam, clay loam

Sun: light shade to part-sun

Plant spacing 18-24”

Flower: white

Life cycle: perennial

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Seed source: Great Lakes region

Starry Campion (Silene stellata)

Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

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Starry Campion (Silene stellata)

Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

Starry Campion is a beautiful plant that is threatened in Michigan and is native in the south-western corner of the lower peninsula.

Starry Campion is a plant that needs to be grown in light shade or part-sun (but not deep shade and definitely not full sun) in moist to dry condition and soil that drains, like loam or loamy clay.

The leaves of this plant along the middle of the stem are in whorls of four leaves. Flowers occur in a group at the top of the main stem, or if the plant branches, they can also form on the ends of these branches.

Flowers are made up of a calyx (modified leaves that protect the flower bud) and five fringed white petals with stamens and ovary in the center. The flowers are pollinated mostly by moths who are drawn to the white petals.

There are several non-native Campions in the state, but this lovely flower is native along with Fire Pink, which we also sell.

Companion Plants: Eastern star sedge (Carex radiata), wild geranium, wild sarsaparilla, wood poppy

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