| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause |
| Bibliography | Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. [J.W.Sturm] ed. 2. 5: 96 (1901) |
| Native Range | e. Europe to Siberia and China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | basal leaves ovate, stem leaves similar, 5-12cm, sparsely pilose, flowers 10-50 in corymbose inflorescence, corolla 15-20mm across, petals broadly obovate, bifid |
| Size | 50-80cm |
| Color | scarlet red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lychnis bicolor Czerw. & L.Schwarz Lychnis chalcedonica L. Lychnis fulgida Moench |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |