| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Silene taimyrensis (Tolm.) Bocquet |
| Bibliography | Candollea 22: 21 (1967) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-1800m |
| Description | taproot, leaves sessile, linear or spathulate, strigose, acute, flowers 1-3 in dichasium, calyx green with purple ribs, cylindrical, petals oblanceolate, 8-12mm long |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white, pale rose |
| 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 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gastrolychnis ostenfeldii (A.E.Porsild) V.V.Petrovsky Gastrolychnis taimyrensis (Tolm.) Czerep. Gastrolychnis triflora ssp. dawsonii (B.L.Rob.) Á. Löve & D.Löve Gastrolychnis triflora ssp. wrangelica Jurtzev Lychnis dawsonii (B.L.Rob.) J.P.Anderson Lychnis ostenfeldii (A.E.Porsild) B.Boivin Lychnis taimyrensis (Tolm.) Polunin Lychnis triflora var. dawsonii B.L.Rob. Lychnis triflora ssp. dawsonii (B.L.Rob.) Maguire Melandrium dawsonii (B.L.Rob.) Hultén Melandrium ostenfeldii A.E.Porsild Melandrium taimyrense Tolm. Melandrium triflorum var. pallidum Lange Silene ostenfeldii (A.E.Porsild) J.K.Morton Silene sorensensis f. pallida (Lange) Bocquet Wahlbergella taimyrensis Tolm. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |