Family: Pink family

Location: Fields and Waste places

Season: Late spring to fall

Flower:  White, 5 deeply notched petals fused at the center; ~ 1" wide.  Female flower (left and left, second row) is attached to an inflated, veined calyx.  Male flower (below) attached to a more slender calyx.

Leaves: Opposite, entire, fuzzy.  Oval or lanceolate.

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