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Lychnis coronaria, Desr. (Agrostemma Coronaria, Linn. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br.). Mullein Pink. Dusty Miller. Rose Campion. Fig. 2223. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ½  ft. tall, forking toward the top: lvs. oblong, oblong-oval or oblong-spatulate, the lower ones obtuse or nearly so, tapering to a more or less clasping base: fls. large (1 ½  in. across), circular in outline, crimson or rose-crimson or borne singly on the  ends of the branches; petals with appendages at the throat; calyx with filiform teeth. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 24. J. H. III. 57:571. Gn. W. 26:43. G. 30:401.—A common plant of old gardens, and sometimes escaped. The glowing fls. and white foliage make it a conspicuous plant. A hybrid of this and L. Flos- Jovis is figured in G. .111.2:101.
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Lychnis coronaria, Desr. (Agrostemma Coronaria, Linn. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br.). Mullein Pink. Dusty Miller. Rose Campion. Fig. 2223. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ½  ft. tall, forking toward the top: lvs. oblong, oblong-oval or oblong-spatulate, the lower ones obtuse or nearly so, tapering to a more or less clasping base: fls. large (1 ½  in. across), circular in outline, crimson or rose-crimson or borne singly on the  ends of the branches; petals with appendages at the throat; calyx with filiform teeth. Eu. and Asia. —A common plant of old gardens, and sometimes escaped. The glowing fls. and white foliage make it a conspicuous plant. A hybrid of this and L. Flos- Jovis exists.
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Read about Silene coronaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lychnis coronaria, Desr. (Agrostemma Coronaria, Linn. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br.). Mullein Pink. Dusty Miller. Rose Campion. Fig. 2223. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ½ ft. tall, forking toward the top: lvs. oblong, oblong-oval or oblong-spatulate, the lower ones obtuse or nearly so, tapering to a more or less clasping base: fls. large (1 ½ in. across), circular in outline, crimson or rose-crimson or borne singly on the ends of the branches; petals with appendages at the throat; calyx with filiform teeth. Eu. and Asia. —A common plant of old gardens, and sometimes escaped. The glowing fls. and white foliage make it a conspicuous plant. A hybrid of this and L. Flos- Jovis exists.


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