Caryophyllaceae
Moss campion
Silene acaulis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- عشبة الذباب, حشيشية الذبان الصغير
- arz
- سيلين اكوليس
- Bulgarian
- Безстъблено плюскавиче
- Czech
- Silenka bezlodyžná
- Danish
- Tue-Limurt
- Dutch
- Stengelloze silene
- English
- Moss campion, Moss champion, Cushion pink
- Estonian
- Varretu põisrohi
- Finnish
- Tunturikohokki
- French
- Silène acaule
- frp
- Pan des marmôtes
- German
- Stängelloses Leimkraut, Polsternelke, Stengelloses Leimkraut
- Icelandic
- Lambagras
- Irish
- Coireán caonaigh
- Japanese
- コケマンテマ
- Macedonian
- Бесстеблен плускавец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellsmelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjellsmelle
- Polish
- Lepnica bezłodygowa
- Romanian
- Iarbă roșioară
- Russian
- Смолёвка бесстебельная, Арктосмолка бесстебельная
- se
- Duottarsillan, Duottarhilsku, Duottarluffellaš
- Serbian
- Сједећа пушина
- Slovenian
- Brezstebelna lepnica
- smn
- Tuodârkiäikkoo
- sms
- Tuõddârkåikkrääʹss
- Swedish
- Fjällglim
- Ukrainian
- Смілка безстебла
- Welsh
- Gludlys mwsoglog
Synonyms
- Cucubalus acaulis L.
- Cucubalus muscosus Lam.
- Lychnis acaulis Scop.
- Oncerum acaule (L.) Dulac
- Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis
- Silene acaulis subsp. arctica Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Silene acaulis subsp. longiscapa Vierh.
- Silene acaulis subsp. subacaulescens (F.N.Williams) Hultén
- Silene elongata Bellardi
- Silene exscapa All.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 3,093 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Annie Evankow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oriol Sastre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Haferkamp, aka Mikesegeln at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gratzer Archives, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Pavelka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Kirn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: patrickc, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.