Lychnis coeli-rosa
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Read about Lychnis coeli-rosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Lychnis coeli-rosa, Desr. (Agrostemma Coeli-rosa, Linn, Silene Coeli-rosa, Rohrb. Coronaria Coeli-rosa, Fries). Rose of Heaven. Fig. 2225. A very floriferous annual, 12-18 in., glabrous: lvs. linear, long-acuminate and very sharp-pointed: fls. on slender sts., about an inch across, the petals only slightly notched, rose-red, with a linear bifid scale at the throat; calyx club-shaped. Medit. region. B.M. 295. — A popular garden annual, loving the sun. There is a white- fld. form; also var. fimbriata, Hort., with toothed petals; and other forms. For an account of the leading garden forms, see Rehder, M.D.G. 1897, p. 346. Var. oculata, Hort. (L. oculata, Backh. Viscaria oculata, Limdl.), is a handsome form with purple-eyed fls. B. R. 29:53. B. M. 4075.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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