| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. |
| Bibliography | Enum Stirp. Vindob.: 242 (1762) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | caespitose, leaves opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate, 6-12mm, flowers solitary, calyx campanulate, petals 5-10mm, apex incised |
| Size | 1-2cm |
| Color | dark pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cucubalus acaulis L. Cucubalus muscosus Lam. Lychnis acaulis (L.) Scop. Oncerum acaule (L.) Dulac Silene acaulis f. albiflora Hartz Silene acaulis var. angustifolia Costa Silene acaulis ssp. arctica Á.Löve & D.Löve Silene acaulis f. athabascensis Argus Silene acaulis f. balcanica Hayek & Vierh. Silene acaulis ssp. cenisia Vierh. Silene acaulis var. condensata Lindblom Silene acaulis var. dianthifolia Rchb. Silene acaulis var. elongata (Bellardi) DC. Silene acaulis ssp. longiscapa Vierh. Silene acaulis var. parviflora Otth Silene acaulis f. subcaulescens F.N.Williams Silene acaulis ssp. subcaulescens (F.N.Williams) Hultén Silene acaulis var. subcaulescens (F.N.Williams) Fernald & H.St.John Silene acaulis f. subcaulescens F.N.Williams Silene acaulis ssp. typica C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene alpina A.Gray Silene caespitosa Salisb. Silene elongata Bellardi Silene mantziana Beauverd Silene norica Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Silene norwegica Pers. Silene pannonica Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Silene subacaulis Vill. ex Steud, Xamilenis acaulis (L.) Tzvelev Xamilenis uniflora Raf. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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