Bladder Campion

The Farm Heritage Trail runs in Boone County from Lebanon to Thorntown and as far as Sugar Creek.  It has some interesting things botanically and this plant grows extensively along this trail for miles.  It’s a Silene, probably Silene vulgaris, also known as bladder campion.

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Although it could be Silene cserei.  

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Silene cserei has been reported “along railroads” in Indiana, although not yet for Boone County. 

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The Farm Heritage Trail is the abandoned Indianapolis to Lafayette railroad.

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Picture taken August 25, 2013.