| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene uniflora Roth |
| Bibliography | Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 10: 46 (1794) |
| Native Range | Europe, Macaronesia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves carnose, lanceolate to spathulate, glabrous, margins scabrous, flowers 1-3 in cyme, pedicellate, calyx ovoid, ventricose, reticulate, corolla lobes 4-9mm long, bipartite |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Behen alpinus (Lam.) Gusul. Behen maritimus (With.) Link Behen uniflorus Link Behenanthe uniflora (Roth) Ikonn. Cucubalus alpinus Lam. Cucubalus behen var. maritimus (With.) Wahlenb. Cucubalus littoralis Pers. Cucubalus maritimus (With.) Lam. Oberna alpina (Lam.) Ikonn. Oberna behen ssp. maritima (With.) Soják Oberna uniflora (Roth) Ikonn. Oberna uniflora ssp. islandica (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Holub Silene alpina (Lam.) E.Thomas ex Gren. & Godr. Silene amoena L. Silene bastardii Boreau ex Lloyd Silene cucubalus ssp. alpina (Lam.) Dostál Silene cucubalus var. bastardii (Boreaux ex J.Lloyd) Rouy Silene cucubalus var. petraea (Fr.) Rouy & Foucaud Silene inflata ssp. alpina (Lam.) Killias Silene inflata var. maritima (With.) Hartm. Silene inflata ssp. maritima (With.) Bonnier & Layens Silene inflata var. petraea Fr. Silene inflata var. uniflora (Roth) Lej. & Courtois Silene maritima (With.) Sm. Silene maritima ssp. alpina (Lam.) Nyman Silene maritima ssp. islandica Á.Löve & D.Löve Silene maritima var. nigrescens Merino Silene maritima var. stenophylla Merino Silene mauritanica Pott ex Rohrb. Silene montana Arrord. Silene stenophylla Planellas Silene stenophylla var. micra Planellas Silene uniflora ssp. cratericola (Franco) Franco Silene uniflora var. montana (Arrond.) Kerguélen Silene venosa ssp. alpina (Lam.) Simonk. Silene venosa var. maritima (With.) Menezes Silene vulgaris ssp. alpina (Lam.) Nyman Silene vulgaris ssp. cratericola Franco Silene vulgaris ssp. maritima (With.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Silene willdenowii Sweet ex O.Schwarz Viscago maritima With. Wahlbergella uniflora (Roth.) Fr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (GER Germany, POL Poland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 2 Africa 21 Macaronesia (AZO Azores, CNY Canary Is., MDR Madeira, SEL Selvagens) |
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