| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene douglasii Hook. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 88 (1830) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 0-3200m |
| Description | taproot, leaves broadly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-8cm long, acute, long petiolate, flowers 1-7, in cyme, petals bilobate |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | pinkish violet, white |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cucubalus douglasii (Hook.) Eaton Silene columbiana Howell Silene dilatata Suksd. Silene douglasii var. brachycalyx B.L.Rob. Silene douglasii var. macrocalyx B.L.Rob. Silene douglasii var. monantha (S.Watson) B.L.Rob. Silene douglasii var. multicaulis B.L.Rob. Silene douglasii var. typica C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene douglasii var. villosa C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene douglasii var. viscida B.L.Rob. Silene lyallii S.Watson Silene macrocalyx (B.L.Rob.) Howell Silene monantha S.Watson Silene multicaulis Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |