Biology:Silene schafta
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Silene schafta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Silene |
| Species: | S. schafta
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| Binomial name | |
| Silene schafta Gmel. ex Hohen.
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Silene schafta, the Caucasian campion[1] or autumn catchfly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to western Asia. Growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, it is a mat-forming semi-evergreen perennial, with narrow leaves and clusters of bright pink, five-petalled flowers in late summer.[2]
The specific epithet schafta derives from a local Caspian name for this plant.[3]
Valued in the garden as easily grown groundcover for rock gardens,[4] Silene schafta has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
Illustration (1846)
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References
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. pp. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ↑ "Kew Gardens - Plants & fungi - Silene schafta". http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Silene-schafta.htm. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Silene schafta". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/17348/Silene-schafta/Details.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q16992570 entry
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