| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene kingii (S.Watson) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 29 (1967) |
| Native Range | Wyoming to Utah |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 3000-4000m |
| Description | densely glandular, basal leaves petiolate, linear-lanceolate, 4-10cm, stem leaves opposite, sessile, flowers terminal, pendent, calyx ventricose, veins purple |
| Size | 7-20cm |
| Color | pink, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Gastrolychnis kingii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber Lychnis apetala var. kingii (S.Watson) S.L.Welsh Lychnis kingii S.Watson Melandrium kingii (S.Watson) Tolm. Wahlbergella kingii (S.Watson) Rydb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |