Caryophyllaceae
Scarlet lychnis
Silene chalcedonica
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- سيلين كالسيدونيكا
- Chinese
- 皱叶剪秋罗, 皺葉剪秋羅, 皱叶蝇子草, 皱叶剪夏罗
- Czech
- Kohoutek plamenný
- Dutch
- Brandende liefde
- English
- Scarlet lychnis, London-pride, Maltese-cross, Maltesecross
- Estonian
- Loitev tulinelk
- Finnish
- Palavarakkaus, Palava rakkaus
- German
- Brennende Liebe
- hsb
- Čerwjena kukelička
- Latvian
- Sarkanā guntiņa
- Lithuanian
- Goštautinė gaisrena
- Macedonian
- Халкедонски плускавец
- Malayalam
- ലിച്ച്നിസ് ചാൽസെഡോണിക്ക
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ildkjærlighet
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Eldkjærleik
- Polish
- Firletka chalcedońska
- Russian
- Зорька обыкновенная
- sgs
- Guoštauts
- Slovak
- Kukučka hustokvetá
- Tatar
- Сабын чәчәге
- Welsh
- Croes Malta
Synonyms
- Agrostemma chalcedonica (L.) Doell.
- Lychnis chalcedonica L.
Photos
Photo: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hana Dvorakova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ian Dale, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: keithyb2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amada44, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mirko Langer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amada44, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.