Silene Catesbaei, Rather Than Silene Polypetala, The Correct Name Of The Endangered Fringed Catchfly

The Fringed Catchfly (or Fringed Campion) is a rare perennial herb of mesic woodlands, found in a few locations in west-central and southwest Georgia and central panhandle Florida. Though known in recent decades as Silene polypetala (Walter) Fernald & Schubert (Caryophyllaceae), examination of the original publication, as well as a presumed type, shows the plant to be misnamed, with its correct name to be Silene catesbaei Walter.