| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Viscaria alpina (L.) G.Don |
| Bibliography | Gen. Hist. 1: 415 (1831) |
| Native Range | n. & c. Europe to e. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | basal leaves in rosette, oblong-lanceolate, stem leaves linear, inflorescence dense, capitate, calyx short, with obtuse sepals |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| 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 | Agrostemma alpinum (L.) J.Forbes Liponeurum alpinum (L.) Schott & al. Lychnis alpina L. Lychnis alpina f. albiflora (Lange) Fernald Lychnis alpina var. americana Fernald Lychnis alpina ssp. americana (Fernald) Feilberg Lychnis alpina var. serpentinicola (Rune) Kallio & Y.Mäkinen Lychnis alpina var. typica Fernald Lychnis frigida Schrank Lychnis helvetica G.Don Lychnis suecica G.Lodd. Silene alpina (L.) Schur Silene liponeura H.Neumayer Silene suecica (G.Lodd.) Greuter & Burdet Steris alpina (L.) Šourková Steris alpina ssp. borealis (Böcher) Á.Löve Steris americana (Fernald) Ikonn. Steris borealis (Böcher) Ikonn. Viscaria alpina f. albiflora Lange Viscaria alpina ssp. americana (Fernald) Böcher Viscaria alpina f. apetala Simmons Viscaria alpina ssp. borealis Böcher Viscaria alpina f. chrysochloa Böcher Viscaria alpina var. serpentinicola Rune Viscaria helvetica G.Don Viscaria suecica (G.Lodd.) Sweet |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, QUE Québec) |
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