Caryophyllaceae
Viscaria alpina
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Viscaria
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bulgarian
- Алпийско плюскавиче
- Chinese
- 高山剪秋罗, 高山雪轮
- Finnish
- Pikkutervakko
- German
- Alpen-Lichtnelke, Alpen-Pechnelke
- Icelandic
- Ljósberi
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjelltjæreblom
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Fjelltjæreblom
- Polish
- Firletka alpejska
- Russian
- Смолка альпийская, Зорька альпийская, Лихнис альпийский, Стерис альпийский
- se
- Ruksesoaivi
- Swedish
- Fjällnejlika
- Welsh
- Lluglys y mynydd
Synonyms
- Agrostemma alpina (L.) J.Forbes
- Agrostemma suecica (Lodd.) Maund ex Steud.
- Lychnis alpina L.
- Lychnis suecica G.Lodd.
- Silene suecica (Lodd.) Greuter & Burdet
- Steris alpina (L.) Šourková
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 438 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mike Gooley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Hungry-Sarracenia Photo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jpteyssedre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Brattås Per, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pierre Jouvency, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.