Lychnis chalcedonica L.

Lychnis chalcedonica L.

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

- Pink family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Lychnis chalcedonica L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 436 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Maltesecross

English name: Maltese cross

English name: scarlet-lychnis

French name: lychnide de Chalcédoine

Italian name: Crotonella di Calcedonia

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Lychnis
Species:

Page counter: 948 ( AVG: 221.54 / 290.354 )

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Lychnis chalcedonica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Lychnis chalcedonica
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Lychnis chalcedonica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 69.

Lychnis chalcedonica
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CT, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NY, PA, VT, WI), CAN (AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Distributional map for Lychnis chalcedonica L.
Map for Lychnis chalcedonica L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Lychnis coeli-rosa (L.) Desr. [171]
2) Lychnis cognata Maxim. [144]
3) Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr. [1673]
4) Lychnis drummondii (Hook.) S. Watson var. heterochroma B. Boivin [139]
5) Lychnis flos-cuculi L. [2070]
6) Lychnis furcata (Raf.) Fernald ssp. elatior (Regel) Maguire [144]
7) Lychnis saponaria Jessen [127]
8) Lychnis vespertina Sibth. [144]
9) Lycium berlandieri Dunal var. berlandieri [283]
10) Lycium carolinianum Walter var. sandwicense (A. Gray) C.L. Hitchc. [149]

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