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Silene cognata, the orange campion or orange catchfly, is a perennial wildflower of the pink family native to eastern Asia, occasionally sold under the synonym Lychnis cognata. It is grown in gardens for its orange flowers and is best suited to a sunny, well-drained spot.
Silene cognata (syn. Lychnis cognata), the orange campion or orange catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to eastern and northern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Primorsky Krai in Russia. In the wild it is found in a wide variety of habitats, from 500 to 2,000 m (1,600 to 6,600 ft) above sea level. It is occasionally available from commercial suppliers, usually under its synonym Lychnis cognata. In Korea its leaves are harvested in the wild and sold in local markets as a food.
Moss campion · Pink Family · Silene banksia · Maltese-cross · Weed silene · Crown-pink · Forked Catchfly · Ragged Robin · Silene flos-jovis · Common catchfly · Bladder campion · Nightflowering silene
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene cognata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
