Silene banksia
Species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silene banksia (syn. Silene sieboldii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to southeastern Siberia, most of China, and North Korea, and it has been introduced to Mongolia and Japan.[1] The species goes by the common names Chinese lychnis and jian chun luo.[2] It is a cultigen, domesticated in northeast Asia (almost certainly in China) at some time on the distant past.[3] No wild individuals are known.[3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
Genus: | Silene |
Species: | S. banksia |
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