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Lychnis coronaria

Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

mullein-pink, rose campion

Synonym(s): Agrostemma coronaria, Coronaria coriacea, Silene coronaria

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: LYCO
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lychnis coronaria
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: LYCHN
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Lychnis
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Campion
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 30 species, herbs, of Europe, Asia and Africa.
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FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CARYOP
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Caryophyllaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Pink Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 86 genera and 2200-3000 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, nearly cosmopolitan, but mostly Northern Hemisphere.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Rabeler & Hartman in FNA (2005); Bittrich in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).

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NATIVE RANGE: northern Africa to central Asia
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: LYCO
USDA Common Name: Rose Campion
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NS, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lychnis coronaria
COMMON NAME: Mullein-pink, Rose Campion
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, G, K, RAB, WV; = Silene coronaria (Linnaeus) Clairville - FNA, Il, Pa, Va]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jul.
HABITAT: Disturbed areas; native of Europe.
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RANGE MAP: Lychnis coronaria.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Caryophyllaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Pink Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 86 genera and 2200-3000 species, herbs, shrubs, and trees, nearly cosmopolitan, but mostly Northern Hemisphere.
REFERENCE: Rabeler & Hartman in FNA (2005); Bittrich in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Lychnis L. (Campion)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 30 species, herbs, of Europe, Asia and Africa.
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HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Lychnis coronaria in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Lychnis coronaria in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Lychnis coronaria in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Lychnis coronaria in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Lychnis coronaria in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Lychnis coronaria

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