Summary description from Wikipedia:

Silene virginica in languages:

English

fire pink

English

Firepink

Estonian

virgiinia põisrohi

German

Virginisches Leimkraut

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Parent Taxon

• Silene

Sibling Taxa

• Silene ajanensis
• Silene akaisialpina
• Silene andicola
• Silene antarctica
• Silene aperta
• Silene aprica
• Silene argentina
• Silene bernardina
• Silene birgittae
• Silene bolanderi
• Silene bridgesii
• Silene bungei
• Silene caespitella
• Silene campanulata
• Silene caroliniana
• Silene chihuahuensis
• Silene chilensis
• Silene chubutensis
• Silene chungtienensis
• Silene cuspidata
• Silene davidii
• Silene delavayi
• Silene douglasii
• Silene drummondii
• Silene echegarayi
• Silene edgeworthii
• Silene favargeri
• Silene fedtschenkoana
• Silene firma
• Silene fissicalyx
• Silene genovevae
• Silene gonosperma
• Silene gracilenta
• Silene grayi
• Silene greenei
• Silene herbilegorum
• Silene himalayensis
• Silene hitchguirei
• Silene hookeri
• Silene hupehensis
• Silene indica
• Silene invisa
• Silene involucrata
• Silene keiskei
• Silene kialensis
• Silene kingii
• Silene krantzii
• Silene laciniata
• Silene lemmonii
• Silene linae
• Silene linnaeana
• Silene magellanica
• Silene mandonii
• Silene marmorensis
• Silene melanantha
• Silene morrisonmontana
• Silene nachlingerae
• Silene nangqenensis
• Silene nelsonii
• Silene nepalensis
• Silene nigrescens
• Silene nuda
• Silene oblanceolata
• Silene occidentalis
• Silene olgae
• Silene oregana
• Silene orientalimongolica
• Silene ovata
• Silene parishii
• Silene parryi
• Silene patagonica
• Silene petersonii
• Silene plankii
• Silene polypetala
• Silene pseudoindica
• Silene quadriloba
• Silene rectiramea
• Silene regia
• Silene rotundifolia
• Silene sachalinensis
• Silene salicifolia
• Silene salmonacea
• Silene samojedorum
• Silene sargentii
• Silene scaposa
• Silene scopulorum
• Silene scouleri
• Silene seoulensis
• Silene serpentinicola
• Silene songarica
• Silene sorensenis
• Silene spaldingii
• Silene stellata
• Silene suaveolens
• Silene subciliata
• Silene suksdorfii
• Silene taimyrensis
• Silene thurberi
• Silene thysanodes
• Silene tolmatchevii
• Silene uralensis
• Silene vanchingshanensis
• Silene vautierae
• Silene verecunda
• Silene villosula
• Silene violascens
• Silene virginica
• Silene viscosa
• Silene wahlbergella
• Silene wardii
• Silene weberbaueri
• Silene wrightii
• Silene yetii
• Silene zawadzkii
• Silene zhongbaensis
• Silene zhoui

Child Taxa

• Silene virginica robusta
• Silene virginica virginica

Top Observation Places

• West Ridge
• Edgewater
• Rogers Park
• Fayetteville
• Cary
• Roswell
• Hoover
• Roanoke
• Huntsville
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• Knoxville
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