Caryophyllaceae
Apetalous catchfly
Silene uralensis
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Silene
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Apetalous catchfly
- Finnish
- Tundra-ailakki
- Japanese
- タカネマンテマ
Synonyms
- Gasterlychnis albiflora Rupr.
- Gasterlychnis macropetala Rupr.
- Gasterlychnis uralensis Rupr.
- Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. arctica (Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. attenuata Petrovsky
- Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. uralensis (Rupr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Gastrolychnis apetala var. nuda Jurtzev
- Gastrolychnis attenuata (Farr) Czerep.
- Gastrolychnis uralensis Rupr.
- Lychnis apetala f. arctica (Th.Fr.) Polunin
- Lychnis apetala subsp. arctica (Fr.) Hultén
- Lychnis apetala subsp. attenuata (Farr) Maguire
- Lychnis apetala var. arctica (Th.Fr.) Cody
- Lychnis apetala var. attenuata (Farr) C.L.Hitchc.
- Lychnis apetala var. glabra Regel
- Lychnis apetala var. mollis Cham. & Schltdl.
- Lychnis apetala var. nutans B.Boivin
- Lychnis attenuata Farr
- Lychnis nesophila Holm
- Lychnis soczavianum (Schischk.) J.P.Anderson
- Melandrium apetalum subsp. arcticum (Th.Fr.) Hultén
- Melandrium apetalum subsp. attenuatum (Farr) H.Hara
- Melandrium apetalum var. glabrum (Regel) Hultén
- Silene attenuata (Farr) Bocquet
- Silene uralensis subsp. arctica (Fr.) Bocquet
- Silene uralensis subsp. attenuata (Farr) McNeill
- Silene uralensis subsp. uralensis
- Silene uralensis var. mollis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Bocquet
- Silene wahlbergella subsp. arctica (Fr.) Hultén
- Silene wahlbergella subsp. attenuata (Farr.) Hultén
- Wahlbergella apetala var. arctica Fr.
- Wahlbergella attenuata (Farr) Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrey Butko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Toni Amnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jojoo64, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.