Silene alpestris
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Width: | ⇔ | 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 5 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | white |
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Read about Silene alpestris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Silene alpestris, Jacq. Perennial, 4-6 in. high, cespitose, more or less viscid above: sts. dichotomous: lvs. mostly radical, lanceolate-linear, rather obtuse: fls. white, rather large, shining, in corymbose panicles; calyx short, campanulate-clavate, not inflated, 10-nerved; petals obovate, 4-lobed at the apex, and with 2 teeth at the base of each petal. May-Aug. Mountains of E. Eu.—It forms a dense mass of underground sts. and is easily prop. by division or seeds. Var. grandiflora, Hort., is a large-fld. form offered in the trade. Var. Richentreichii, Hort., is offered in the trade as a smaller form, about 6 in. high. CH
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