| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene chamarensis Turcz. |
| Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 578 (1842) |
| Native Range | Russia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-7cm, to base gradually tapered, stem leaves 2 pairs, flowers in axills of upper leaves producing pyramidal panicle, petals incised |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cucubalus striatus Willd. ex Walp. Cucubalus strictus Willd. ex Ledeb. Gastrolychnis pauciflora (Ledeb.) Tzvelev Lychnis apetala Turcz. ex Steud. Lychnis pauciflora Ledeb. Melandrium pauciflorum (Ledeb.) Ostenf. Saponaria alpina Pall. Saponaria lutea Pall. ex Ledeb. Silene chamarensis ssp. paucifolia (Ledeb.) Kuvaev Silene chamarensis var. udocanica Peschkova Silene graminifolia var. chamarensis (Turcz.) Regel & Tiling Silene graminifolia var. paucifolia (Ledeb.) Regel & Tiling Silene paucifolia Ledeb. Silene tenuis ssp. chamarensis (Turcz.) Kozhevn. Silene tenuis ssp. paucifolia (Ledeb.) Kozhevn. Wahlbergella pauciflora (Ledeb.) Steffen |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, MAG Magadan) |