Silene suecica

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Read about Silene suecica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lychnis alpina, Linn. (Viscaria alpina, Don). Glabrous, tufted, a foot or less tall: lvs. mostly at the base, thickish, linear or oblong: fls. pink, with 2-lobed petals (segms. linear), and short broad calyx with red teeth. N. Asia, Eu., and Amer.; arctic and subarctic. L. lapponica, Hort., is apparently a form of this species; said to be perhaps somewhat dwarfer and deeper in color.—An attractive alpine.


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