Caryophyllaceae Week pink OR carnation family * Silene armeria * L. *sy-LEE-nee* -- from saliva, meaning stickiness; or Silenus the foster father of Bacchus ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DSilene&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzepemUOkuTlU_Qm0jTtAlFIfqVtlQ> *ar-MER-ee-uh* -- from the Latin for *Dianthus* ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Darmeria&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdVxZhxBnVlfHqLjWfU-UObkiVJsg>
*commonly known as*: none-so-pretty, sweet-William catchfly *Native to*: Europe, Turkey; naturalized elsewhere and widely cultivated *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FNone-so-Pretty.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcQjuE9mw_V4BrXG9W-bddFuORr2g>• Dave's Garden<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fpf%2Fgo%2F1065%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze-wnDccJI_C2pt7cdwzaNNPPbkug>• Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSilene_armeria&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzexM0SH-jUJCBboajjCJ9Ki0R2InA>• NPGS / GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F33927&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfd_a9Pi5KGMbPvzHapWuwcqEoMRg> in some garden at Manali on 03 JUN 08 [image: Silene armeria]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2561151928%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdmiakvhyg4hD_6aw7TenPe8xzQyw> [image: Silene armeria]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2561153822%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeMJZzVr7ErQKwD48P1IDQvoXfYqA> Regards. Dinesh --
