#catchfly

[geopsych]

Things you might see on a walk along a rural Pennsylvania road in June. Feel the warm air, listen to the bird songs, and breathe.

[mellygregs]

Hot Pink: Catchfly.

May 2025

IPhoneSE

[walkingthewetlands]

8/14/2021, Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio

[rathologic]

pathologic_fest 17: notoriety

catchfly swept catchfly continued to sweep... catchfly inventor of shmowders voted best pathologic character by a landslide

[eidola-eidola]

Silene nutans, perhaps?

[faguscarolinensis]

Silene virginica / Fire Pink at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[oliviarosaline]

Fire Pink

Silene virginica

A perennial catchfly native to central and eastern North America. The bright, fiery red flowers attract ruby-throated hummingbirds to pollinate them, and sticky sepals and stems on the plant act as a trap for small insects trying to climb up it, hence the name "catchfly" for plants in this genus. It prefers somewhat dry soils and part-sun, so it can be found on rocky slopes in open woodlands, savannas, and other similar habitats.

I found this fire pink growing in open, rocky woods near blackjack oaks and other drought-tolerant species.

April 18th, 2024

St. Francois County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[arcticarthropod]

Funky little flowers. Inat says they're catchflies