This perennial is escaped from cultivation (as "mullein pink" or "rose-campion") at scattered sites in eastern states. In Ky. there are few records: a coll. in 1942 from LIVI (KY-Agr. Sch.); and colls. ca. 1970 from two adjacent counties (R. Athey colls., probably at MEM). See R.K. Rabeler in Y for notes on generic treatment.