| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene uralensis (Rupr.) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 25 (1967) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to wc. USA, Svalbard to Russian Far East and Central Asia, c. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | basal leaves linear-oblanceolate, 3-6cm long, pubescent, ciliate, flowers solitary, pendent, pedicellate, calyx globular 13-15mm, violet striate, petals inside calyx |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | dark violet |
| 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 albiflora Rupr. Gastrolychnis apetala ssp. arctica (Th.Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Gastrolychnis apetala var. nuda Jurtzev Gastrolychnis apetala ssp. uralensis (Rupr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Gastrolychnis attenuata (Farr) Czerep. Gastrolychnis macropetala Rupr. Gastrolychnis popovii Peschkova Gastrolychnis uralensis Rupr. Lychnis apetala f. albida (Lepage) B.Boivin Lychnis apetala f. arctica (Th.Fr.) Polunin Lychnis apetala var. arctica (Th.Fr.) Cody Lychnis apetala ssp attenuata (Farr) Maguire Lychnis apetala var. attenuata (Farr) C.L.Hitchc. Lychnis apetala var. caespitosa Regel Lychnis apetala var. glabra Regel Lychnis apetala var. glandulosopubescens Hook. Lychnis apetala var. glomerata Regel Lychnis apetala var. macropetala Cham. & Schltdl. Lychnis apetala var. mollis Cham. & Schltdl. Lychnis apetala var. nutans B.Boivin Lychnis apetala f. palea Polunin Lychnis apetala var. uralensis (Rupr.) Regel Lychnis attenuata Farr Lychnis attenuata f. glabra (Regel) B.Boivin Lychnis macrosperma f. albida Lepage Lychnis nesophila Holm Melandrium apetalum ssp. arcticum (Th.Fr.) Hultén Melandrium apetalum var. arcticum (Th.Fr.) Simmons Melandrium apetalum f. arcticum (Th.Fr.) Ostenf. & Lundager Melandrium apetalum ssp. attenuatum (Farr) H.Hara Melandrium apetalum f. okaidai Makino Melandrium apetalum var. vegetum Popov Melandrium nesophilum (Holm) Tolm. Physolychnis uralensis (Rupr.) Rupr. Silene attenuata (Farr) Bocquet Silene uralensis f. albescens Bocquet Silene uralensis f. albida (Lepage) Bocquet Silene uralensis ssp. arctica (Th.Fr.) Bocquet Silene uralensis ssp. attenuata (Farr) McNeill Silene uralensis var. mollis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet Silene uralensis f. palea (Polunin) Bocquet Silene wahlbergella ssp. arctica (Th.Fr.) Hultén Silene wahlbergella ssp. attenuata (Farr) Hultén Wahlbergella apetala var. arctica Th.Fr. Wahlbergella attenuata (Farr) Rydb. Wahlbergella uralensis (Rupr.) Rupr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |