| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene primuliflora Eckl. & Zeyh. |
| Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 32 (1835) |
| Native Range | s. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 5-2000m |
| Description | shortly hirsute, leaves opposite, sessile, oblanceolate, entire, coriaceous, flowers in secund raceme, calyx tubular, 12-15mm, corolla lobes bifid |
| Size | 10-45cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| 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 | Silene crassifolia ssp. primuliflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Silene primuliflora var. ciliata Fenzl ex Sond. Silene vlokii D.Masson |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |