Silene suecica
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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. B.M. 394. L.B.C. 9:881 (as L. suecica). L. lapponica, Hort., is apparently a form of this species; said to be perhaps somewhat dwarfer and deeper in color. G.M. 50:209. —An attractive alpine.
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