| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene akinfijewii Schmalh. |
| Bibliography | Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 286 (1892) |
| Native Range | Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 1800-2700m |
| Description | softly hirsute, basal leaves oblong, shortly petiolate, upper leaves sessile, broadly ovate, acute, 2-5cm, flowers in ramose inflorescence, calyx cylindrical, petals bifid |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | whitish green |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Charesia akinfijewi (Schmalh.) E.A.Busch Elisanthe akinfijewii (Schmalh.) Grossh. Melandrium akinfijewii (Schmalh.) Schischk. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |