campion
noun
cam·pi·on
ˈkam-pē-ən 
: any of various plants (genera Lychnis and Silene) of the pink family
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Letting her front yard in a historic, urban Birmingham, Ala., neighborhood go wild with more-than-foot-high native roses, irises, azalea saplings, tiger lilies, columbines, rose campions and daisy fleabanes, in violation of a local ordinance.
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USA Today, 16 May 2025
Another combination is nonnative rose campion Lychnis coronaria with native butterfly weed for a striking combination of bright orange and fuchsia contrasting flowers.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
In Russia, scientists have regenerated reproductive tissue from unripe fruits of a narrow-leafed campion freeze-dried under the tundra for 32,000 years.
—New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
The encroachment of subalpine ecosystems threatens species that have lived in formerly alpine habitats for thousands of years, including trees such as whitebark pine, flowers such as moss campion, and birds such as Clark’s nutcracker.
—Mara Johnson-Groh, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020
There’s not much that will kill moss campion.
—Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
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USA Today, 16 May 2025
Another combination is nonnative rose campion Lychnis coronaria with native butterfly weed for a striking combination of bright orange and fuchsia contrasting flowers.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
In Russia, scientists have regenerated reproductive tissue from unripe fruits of a narrow-leafed campion freeze-dried under the tundra for 32,000 years.
—New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
The encroachment of subalpine ecosystems threatens species that have lived in formerly alpine habitats for thousands of years, including trees such as whitebark pine, flowers such as moss campion, and birds such as Clark’s nutcracker.
—Mara Johnson-Groh, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020
There’s not much that will kill moss campion.
—Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2014
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“Campion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campion. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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