Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene samojedorum (Sambuk) Oxelman |
Bibliography | Nordic. J. Bot. 20: 516 (2001) |
Native Range | n. European Russia to Siberia |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | lower leaves crowded, narrowly lanceolate, stem leaves sparse and smaller, flowers 1-4, to 1cm across, in lax terminal head, petals bifid |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale yellow, white |
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 | Lychnis samojedorum (Sambuk) Gorschk. Lychnis sibirica var. glabra Peschkova Lychnis sibirica var. jakutensis (Sambuk) Jurtzev Lychnis sibirica ssp. jakutensis Sambuk Lychnis sibirica ssp. samojedorum Sambuk Silene sibirica ssp. jakutensis (Sambuk) Hämet-Ahti Sofianthes samojedorum (Sambuk) Tzvelev |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) |