Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene soczavana (Schischk.) Bocquet |
Bibliography | Candollea 22: 38 (1967) |
Native Range | n. Russian Far East. Alaska to Yukon |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-2500m |
Description | taproot, stems erect, thick, ramose, densely pubescent, basal leaves numerous, 2-6cm, stem leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-4cm, flowers 1-3, pedicellate, petals bilobate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple-red |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gastrolychnis macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) Tolm. & Kozanch. Gastrolychnis soczavana (Schischk.) Tolm. & Kozanch. Lychnis apetala var. macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) B.Boivin Lychnis macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) J.P.Anderson Lychnis soczavana (Schischk.) J.P.Anderson Melandrium macrospermum A.E.Porsild Melandrium soczavanum Schischk. Silene soczavana var. macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) V.V.Petrovsky & al. Silene uralensis ssp. porsildii Bocquet Wahlbergella soczavana Tolm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) |