#family_Caryophyllaceae__Caryophyllaceae__carnation_family__carnationfamily__pink_family  large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
  supertype:  caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily  family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
  member of:  order_Caryophyllales
  member:  caryophyllaceous_plant  a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
  member:  genus_Agrostemma__Agrostemma  a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
     member:  corn_cockle__corn_campion__crown-of-the-field__Agrostemma_githago  European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
  member:  Arenaria__genus_Arenaria  sandworts
     member:  sandwort  low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
  member:  genus_Cerastium__Cerastium  mouse-eared chickweed
     member:  mouse-ear_chickweed__mouseearchickweed__mouse_eared_chickweed__mouseearedchickweed__mouse_ear__mouseear__clammy_chickweed__chickweed  any of various plants related to the common chickweed
  member:  genus_Dianthus__Dianthus  carnations and pinks
     member:  garden_pink__pink  any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
  member:  genus_Drypis  1 species
     member:  drypis  spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers
  member:  genus_Gypsophila__Gypsophila  Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
     member:  baby's_breath__babies'-breath__babies'breath__Gypsophila_paniculata  tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
  member:  genus_Hernaria__Hernaria  low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
     member:  rupturewort__Hernaria_glabra  common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
  member:  genus_Illecebrum__Illecebrum  1 species: coral necklace
     member:  coral_necklace__coralnecklace__Illecebrum_verticullatum  glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
  member:  genus_Lychnis  genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
     member:  lychnis__lychni__catchfly  mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
  member:  genus_Minuartia__Minuartia  mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
  member:  genus_Moehringia__Moehringia  low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having 4- rather than 5-petaled flowers
     member:  Moehringia_lateriflora__sandwort  low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers
     member:  Moehringia_mucosa__sandwort  loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
  member:  genus_Paronychia__Paronychia  low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
     member:  whitlowwort  any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
  member:  genus_Petrocoptis__Petrocoptis  perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
  member:  genus_Sagina__Sagina  small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
     member:  pearlwort__pearlweed  any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
  member:  genus_Saponaria__Saponaria  mostly perennial Old World herbs
     member:  soapwort__hedge_pink__hedgepink__bouncing_Bet__bouncing_Bess__Saponaria_officinalis  plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
  member:  genus_Scleranthus__Scleranthus  small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
     member:  knawel__knawe__Scleranthus_annuus  widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
  member:  genus_Silene  large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
     member:  silene__campion__catchfly  any plant of the genus Silene
     member:  moss_campion__Silene_acaulis  tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
     member:  wild_pink__Silene_caroliniana  perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
     member:  red_campion__red_bird's_eye__Silene_dioica__Lychnis_dioica  biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
     member:  white_campion__whitecampion__evening_lychnis__white_cockle__whitecockle__bladdercampion__Silene_latifolia__Lychnis_alba  bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
     member:  fire_pink__Silene_virginica  perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
  member:  genus_Spergula__Spergula  small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
     member:  corn_spurry__corn_spurrey__Spergula_arvensis  small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
  member:  genus_Spergularia__Spergularia  chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
     member:  sand_spurry__sea_spurry__seaspurry__Spergularia_rubra  prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
  member:  genus_Stellaria__Stellaria  common chickweed; stitchwort
     member:  chickweed  any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
  member:  genus_Vaccaria__Vaccaria  cow-cockles
     member:  cowherb__cow_cockle__cowcockle__Vaccaria_hispanica__Vaccaria_pyramidata__Saponaria_vaccaria  European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

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