Silene flos-jovis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
- Species
- Silene flos-jovis
- Scientific Name
- Silene flos-jovis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Silene flos-jovis
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). 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.
Under its former name, Lychnis flos-jovis, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
...Silene flos-jovis in languages:
- Czech
- kohoutek Jovišův
- English
- Flower-of-Jove
- Estonian
- Jupiteri tulinelk
- French
- Lychnide fleur-de-Jupiter
- French
- Lychnis fleur-de-Jupiter
- French
- Œil-de-Dieu
- German
- Jupiternelke
- Italian
- Crotonella fior di Giove
- Russian
- Горицвет цветок Юпитера
- Slovene
- Jupitrova lučca
- Swedish
- jupitersblomster
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