Morning Campion

Did you know

• Also known as red campion, it often hybridizes with white campion to produce pink-flowered offspring.
• The plant is dioecious, meaning individual plants produce either male or female flowers but not both.
• In British folklore, picking red campion was said to cause thunderstorms.
• It is one of the first wildflowers to colonize woodland clearings after trees are felled.
• Bumblebees are the primary pollinators, attracted by the bright pink color and nectar guides on the petals.

Color meanings

Uses

• wildflower meadows
• woodland gardens
• pollinator plantings