Biology:Silene flos-jovis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Silene flos-jovis | |
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| In Osaka , Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. flos-jovis
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| Binomial name | |
| Silene flos-jovis (L.) Greuter & Burdet
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| Synonyms | |
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Lychnis flos-jovis (L.) Desr. | |
Silene flos-jovis, the flower-of-Jove, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the central Alps and found at elevations of 1,000–2,400 m (3,281–7,874 ft).[1][2][3] It is a mat-forming perennial growing to 20–60 cm (8–24 in) tall and 45 cm (18 in) wide, with hairy grey-green leaves and clusters of notched pink flowers throughout summer.[4]
Under its former name, Lychnis flos-jovis, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
Mature plants
Flower close-up
References
- ↑ "Silene flos-jovis (L.) Greuter & Burdet". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:911445-1. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Home". http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Lychnis/flos-jovis.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Lychnis flos-jovis". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/10606/Lychnis-flos-jovis/Details. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 62. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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