Silene virginica?

Here is a link that might be useful: Silene

Thanks very much. I would say it looks defiantly like a Silene sp.

I searched on the USDA plants database for Silene sp. and the only possibilities I narrowed it down to are Silene regia and Silene virginica.

So I then searched on Flora of North America and it says Silene virginica blooms in spring and Silene regia blooms from summer to fall. But the thing is they say Silene regia has 3 but sometimes up to 5 stamens and that's it. But on this one I counted about 9 stamens. Plus Silene regia pictures I see on the internet have short points or lobes on each petal. This one has 3 to 4 points or lobes on each petal plus deep petal "sinuses".

So it might either be a new very rare species of Silene never found before and new to science, or a species not known to Alabama.

So if I found a new species I might pass out. LOL

I could be wrong, but it looks like Silene virginica to me. I don't find it odd for it to be blooming. Many spring bloomers will re-bloom in the fall. Sometimes it is weather related. Sometimes it is because the plant never set seed the first time around.
Remy

Thanks. Yes some pictures I've looked up of Silene virginica look very similar to this plant. The fall blooming was what was confusing me, I guess a rare fall rebloom might could explain it.