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Silene chalcedonica (maltesecross)

Synonyms: Agrostemma chalcedonica; Lychnis bicolor; Lychnis chalcedonica (homotypic); Lychnis fulgida

Wikipedia Abstract

Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese-cross, burning love, dusky salmon, flower of Bristol, Jerusalem cross,nonesuch; syn. Silene chalcedonica) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to central and eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and northwestern China.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Antitype chi (Grey Chi)[3]
Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth)[3]
Sideridis rivularis (campion)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0