| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene hitchguirei Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 29 (1967) |
| Native Range | wc. Canada to wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-4300m |
| Description | leaves narrowly oblanceolate to long spathulate, to 3cm, subcarnose, acute, glabrous, ciliate, flower solitary, calyx densely purple pubescent, corolla lobes 3mm long, incised |
| Size | 2-10cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gastrolychnis hitchguirei (Bocquet) W.A.Weber & R.C.Wittmann Lychnis apetala A.Gray Lychnis apetala var. montana (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc. Lychnis apetala ssp. montana (S.Watson) Maguire Lychnis montana S.Watson Melandrium apetalum ssp. montanum (S.Watson) H.Hara Melandrium montanum (S.Watson) Tolm. Silene montana (S.Watson) S.Watson Silene uralensis ssp. montana (S.Watson) McNeill Silene wahlbergella ssp. montana (S.Watson) Hultén Wahlbergella montana (S.Watson) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |