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Taxon:  Silene chalcedonica (L.) E. H. L. Krause



Summary
Genus:
Silene
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Subfamily:
Caryophylloideae
Tribe:
Sileneae
Nomen number:
429989
Place of publication:
J. Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 5:96. 1901
Verified:
01/14/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lychnis chalcedonica L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Lychnis chalcedonica
  5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  6. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2. Note: = Lychnis chalcedonica
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Lychnis chalcedonica
Common names
English
Maltese cross –
scarlet-lychnis –
French
croix de Jérusalem –
lychnide de Chalcédoine –
German
brennende Liebe –
Swedish
studentnejlika –
Transcribed Chinese
zhou ye jian qui luo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberiaw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
2Cultivated    also cult.
3AdventiveNorthern America Canada  
3AdventiveNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (w.)]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Dict Gard, as Lychnis chalcedonica; F NAmerHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=429989. Accessed 23 May 2025.