Silene laciniata
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 36 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 36. |
Width: | ⇔ | 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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USDA Zones: | 7 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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Silene laciniata is a herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Silene that is commonly called Indian-pink, Mexican campion, or Mexican-pink.
Read about Silene laciniata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Silene laciniata, Cav. Perennial, 1 1/2 ft. high: sts. pubescent, decumbent and erect-branched: lvs. large, lanceolate to narrowly linear, acute, attenuate at base, subsessile: fls. axillary and terminal, paniculate, somewhat nodding, bright carmine, about 1 in. across; calyx long-cylindrical, pink with 10 green nerves, slightly inflated after anthesis; petals 4-cleft to about their middle, lobes acute. Mex. Var. Purpusii, Hort., is a dwarf, spreading plant, 6-8 in. high: lvs. narrow, green, somewhat woolly: fls. rich cardinal-red. Mex. CH
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There are at least four subspecies including:
- Silene laciniata subsp. brandegeei
- Silene laciniata subsp. californica
- Silene laciniata subsp. greggii
- Silene laciniata subsp. laciniata
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External links
- w:Silene laciniata. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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