Quill or Appalachian Fameflower

Description:

Flower: Succulent, Perennial, Summer/Fall, Pink, Bisexual, Radially symmetrical, 2 deciduous sepals, 5 petals, Superior ovary Leaves: Simple, Alternate Fruit: Summer/Fall, Capsule Flowers open in late afternoon and close after a few hours. If the flower is not fertilized by an insect, it will self-fertilize

Habitat:

This species grows in shallow soil over felsic or mafic rocks (granite, gneiss, schist, diabase, greenstone, metabasalt, sandstone, Altamaha grit), especially where periodically wet by seepage (often in mats of the moss Grimmia), Distribution: See - http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symb...

Notes:

Image sequence of flowers opening: http://anybodyseenmyfocus.blogspot.com/2...