Biology:Silene banksia

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae

Silene banksia
Silene sieboldii1.jpg
At Osaka Prefectural Flowers Garden
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. banksia
Binomial name
Silene banksia
(Meerb.) Mabb.
Synonyms[1]

Silene banksia (syn. Silene sieboldii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to southeastern Siberia, most of China, and North Korea, and it has been introduced to Mongolia and Japan.[1] The species goes by the common names Chinese lychnis and jian chun luo.[2] It is a cultigen, domesticated in northeast Asia (almost certainly in China) at some time on the distant past.[3] No wild individuals are known.[3]

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