| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene chilensis (Naudin) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 36 (1967) |
| Native Range | Bolivia, s. Argentina to c. & s. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2000-3000m |
| Description | shortly hirsute, leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, elongate to petiole, flowers solitary, calyx subventricose, 15mm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | reddish violet, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lychnis chilensis Naudin Lychnis terminalis Gay Melandrium andicola var. nubigenum (Phil.) Reiche Melandrium chilense (Naudin) Rohrb. Melandrium koslowskyi Dusén Melandrium terminale (Gay) Reiche & Johow Silene nubigena Phil. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia) 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) |