Caryophyllaceae
Arctic catchfly
Silene involucrata
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Arctic catchfly
- Finnish
- Kehtoailakki
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småjonsokblom
Synonyms
- Agrostemma involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don
- Gasterlychnis involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Rupr.
- Gasterlychnis vahlii Rupr.
- Gastrolychnis affinis (Vahl) Tolm. & Kozhanch.
- Gastrolychnis involucrata (Cham. & Schltdl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Lychnis affinis J.Vahl ex Fr.
- Lychnis apetala var. elatior Regel
- Lychnis apetala var. involucrata Cham. & Schltdl.
- Lychnis brachycalyx Raup
- Lychnis furcata (Raf.) Fernald
- Lychnis furcata subsp. elatior (Regel) Maguire
- Lychnis gillettii B.Boivin
- Lychnis triflora var. elatior (Regel) B.Boivin
- Melandrium affine (J.Vahl ex Fr.) J.Vahl
- Melandrium affine var. brachycalyx (Raup) Hultén
- Melandrium furcatum (Raf.) Hadač
- Melandrium involucratum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Rohrb.
- Silene furcata Raf.
- Silene involucrata subsp. elatior (Regel) Bocquet
- Silene involucrata subsp. furcata (Raf.) V.V.Petrovsky & Elven
- Silene involucrata subsp. involucrata
- Wahlbergella affinis (J.Vahl ex Fr.) Tolm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Qaqqaqtunaaq, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qaqqaqtunaaq from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.