PLANTS Profile for Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)

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PLANTS Profile

Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.
rose campion

Symbol:

LYCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.

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Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

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Synonyms:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

	AGCO6	Agrostemma coronaria L.
	COCO15	Coronaria coriacea (Moench) Schischkin & Gorschk.
	SICO15	Silene coronaria (L.) Clairville

Distribution:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.


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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)

Related Taxa:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 6 species in Lychnis

Classification:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Lychnis L. – campion
Species	Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr. – rose campion

Introduced Information:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20308.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 07:17 PM MDT