| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene rotundifolia Nutt. |
| Bibliography | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 288 (1818) |
| Native Range | ec. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
| Altitude | 200-600m |
| Description | taproot, stem leaves leaves suborbiculate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-10cm long, shortly acuminate, sparsely pilose, flowers 1-3 in cyme, petals 10-15mm, deeply incised |
| Size | 2-7cm |
| Color | scarlet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Melandrium rotundifolium (Nutt.) Rohrb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (OHI Ohio, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, TEN Tennessee) |