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Apetalous catchfly

Silene uralensis

Also called Nodding Campion, Mountain Catchfly, Nodding Catchfly, Polar Campion, Cockle, Mountain Campion

Apetalous catchfly
Photo: NEON Science, CC BY 2.0
Family
Caryophyllaceae (Pink & carnation family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Subarctic America to WC. U.S.A., Svalbard to Russian Far East and C. Asia, C. Ja
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Silene uralensis, known by the common name apetelous catchfly or nodding campion, is a perennial plant found in Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, East Asia, and Siberia.

Other Silene plants

Moss campion · Silene acutifolia · Egyptian Campion · Silene akaisialpina · Kamalo Gulch catchfly · Pink Family · Silene amoena · Silene andicola · Silene andryalifolia · Sleepy silene · Naked catchfly · Silene apetala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Silene uralensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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