Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. |
Synonyms | Cucubalus acaulis L. |
Silene norica Dalla Torre & Sarnth. | |
Silene subacaulis Vill. ex Steud. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves linear, ciliate, flowers solitary, calyx reddish, petals deeply incised |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | dark pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
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 |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire , New York ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
acaulis vanensis Özgökce & Kit Tan, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 42: 144 (2005)
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