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Lychnis chalcedonica(LYHCH)

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Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: LYHCH
  • Preferred name: Lychnis chalcedonica
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Russia, Siberia, Central Asia, Russian Far East. Widely cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Europe, Indochina, North America. The name chalcedonica refers to Chalcedon in Turkey, but the plant is not native there 

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Silene chalcedonica (Linnaeus) Krause

Common names
Name Language
burning love English
common rose campion English
Constantinople campion English
dusky salmon English
fireball English
flower of Bristol English
flower of Constantinople English
gardener's delight English
gardener's eye English
great candlestick English
Jerusalem cross English
knight's cross English
Maltese cross English (US)
meadow campion English
nonesuch English
red robin English
scarlet lightning English
scarlet lychnis English
tears of Christ English
brennende Lichtnelke German
croix de Jérusalem French
croix de Malte French
cruces de Jerusalén Spanish
cruces de Malta Spanish
punzón Spanish
ramilletes de Constantinopla Spanish
crotonella scarlatta Italian
cruz-de-malta Portuguese
studentnejlika Swedish
лихнис татарское мыло Russian
brændende kærlighed Danish
brennende kjærlighet Norwegian
palavarakkaus Finnish
firletka chalcedońska Polish
égőszerelem virág Hungarian
creu de Malta Catalan
crusadillos Catalan
zhòu to yè jiǎn qiū luó Chinese
皱叶剪秋罗 Chinese
kohoutek plamenný Czech
arșinic Romanian
kukučka hustokvetá Slovak
зірки садові Ukrainian


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