I just submitted this to the database under Bladder campion and that is wrong it is harry and should not be;
this is either white cockle (Lychnis alba ) or night flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflora)

any input?

I need to change it to the correct name

Thanks

They are very similar! Lychnis alba looks most likely as it has long curled stamens..

http://www.cod.edu/people/facu...

I noticed many photos don't have the long stamens, that can be explained by it being male or female, a description here..

http://www.agriculture.gov.sk....

Silene noctiflora for comparison ..

http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Se...

http://species.wikimedia.org/w...

http://www.dwhike.com/Wildflow...

Maybe Silene latifolia?
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/W...

I had a better look at the first link Janet gave of Silene alba, and it does looks like your plant, Cindy.
Silene alba seems to be is a synonym of Silene latifolia subsp. alba
http://species.wikimedia.org/w...
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the accepted name though.
http://florapittsburghensis.we...

I assumed Cinda had both of the plants she mentioned and knew it would be one of those. I didn't check the correctness of the name though as it appeared on sites which were educational, but it was going through my mind how much like Silene it was! On ITIS Lychnis alba is a synonym of Silene latifolia.

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/Si...

There's subspecies of Silene latifolia, Silene latifolia subsp. alba is an accepted name also.

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

On the Plant List "Lychnis alba Mill.is a synonym of Silene latifolia subsp. alba" so Silene latifolia subsp. alba would appear to be the correct name. Good job you checked it out Myriam.

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

I was also messed up by the confusing names Janet!
I said your first link being from Silene alba while I should have written Lychnis alba!

.If you were you looking for the hairy characteristic (not clear from original query), Silene stellata reportedly has a hairy calyx

Thanks for everyone who helped in identifying this tricky one
also thanks to Myrian for putting it in it's proper place
Evening Lychnis (Silene latifolia subsp. alba)


Cinda

2 photos of purplish flower are wrong

Two photos of purplish flower where, Maridell?

Starry Campion. I uploaded two purple photos there that belong elsewhere. The photo with the unopened white flower is correct. and http://garden.org/pics/2013-07...

Silene latifolia ssp. alba, from wild collected seed on Hokkaido, Japan.

Nice photos , Rick

You might add them to the database , if you have not already done so
Oh, and a caption of'' wild collected seed from Japan''would be excellent information.

Just an idea
Cinda