| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene tayloriae (B.L.Rob.) Hultén |
| Bibliography | Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4, 13(1): 313 (1971) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to e. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | stems erect, leaves thin, lanceolate-linear, acute, finely ciliate, subglabrous, flowers 1-3, terminal, calyx ovate, subventricose, green veined, petals obcordate |
| Size | 30-40cm |
| Color | 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gastrolychnis angustiflora ssp. tenella (Tolm.) Tolm. & Kozhanch. Gastrolychnis affinis (J.Vahl ex Fr.) Tolm. & Kozhanch. Gastrolychnis involucrata ssp. tenella (Tolm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Gastrolychnis tenella (Tolm.) Kuvaev Lychnis affinis J.Vahl Lychnis affinis var. angustiflora Regel Lychnis furcata ssp. affinis (J.Vahl ex Fr.) Maguire Lychnis furcata var. glabra (Hultén) Maguire Lychnis tayloriae B.L.Rob. Lychnis triflora f. glabra (Hultén) B.Boivin Melandrium affine (J.Vahl ex Fr.) J.Vahl Melandrium affine ssp. tenellum Tolm. Melandrium angustiflorum ssp. tenellum (Tolm.) Kozhevn. Melandryum tayloriae (B.L.Rob.) Tolm. Melandryum tayloriae var. glabrum Hultén Melandrium tenellum (Tolm.) Tolm. Silene involucrata f. glabra (Hultén) Bocquet Silene involucrata ssp. tenella (Tolm.) Bocquet Wahlbergella tayloriae (B.L.Rob.) Rydb. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) |