Silene asterias

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Silene asterias in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Silene asterias, Griseb.; also misspelled Asteris. Perennial, glabrous, 3-4 ft. high: sts. tall, simple, rather viscid: lvs. lanceolate-spatulate, 4-5 in. long, obtuse, base attenuate; the uppermost oblong, elliptic-lanceolate: fls. purple, subsessile, in a many-fld., capitate cyme; calyx membranaceous, reddish, obconic-cylindrical; petals oblong, entire: caps. oblong. Macedonia and Roumania. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is about 3 ft. high and has the crimson-scarlet fls. in globose heads. Balkan Mts. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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