| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene menziesii Hook. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 90 (1830) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 200-3000m |
| Description | leaves numerous, mainly on stem, lanceolate to oblanceolate-ovate, 2-6cm long, sessile, flowers few in leafy cyme, petals laciniate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anotites alsinoides Greene Anotites bakeri Greene Anotites costatus Greene Anotites debilis Greene Anotites diffusus Greene Anotites discurrens Greene Anotites dorrii (Kellogg) Greene Anotites ellipticus Greene Anotites halophilus Greene Anotites jonesii Greene Anotites latifolius Greene Anotites macilentus Greene Anotites menziesii (Hook.) Greene Anotites nodosus Greene Anotites pictus Greene Anotites tenerrimus Greene Anotites tereticaulis Greene Anotites villosulus Greene Anotites viscosus Greene Silene dorrii Kellogg Silene menziesii ssp. dorrii (Kellogg) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene menziesii ssp. typica C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene menziesii var. typica C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene menziesii var. viscosa (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire Silene obovata A.E.Porsild Silene stellarioides Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NEB Nebraska) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |