Lychnis cognata Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Lychnis

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 30--90 cm tall, pilose with intermixed sparse multicellular eglandular hairs. Roots caespitose, fusiform, slightly fleshy. Stems simple or branched above. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 5--11 × 1--4 cm, more densely pilose at veins, base broadly cuneate, apex acute. Dichasium several flowered, or sometimes flowers solitary in leaf axils. Pedicel 3--12 mm; bracts laxly villous. Flowers 3.5--5 cm in diam. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 2--2.5 cm × 3.5--5 mm, laxly villous at veins, slightly inflated in fruit; teeth triangular, ca. 3 mm. Petal limb orange-red or reddish, bifid, apically obtuse, each with a subulate lateral tooth, main lobes obovate, margin entire or obscurely denticulate; claw slightly protruding from calyx, glabrous, base narrowly cuneate; coronal scales dark red, apex dentate. Stamens and styles slightly exserted. Androgynophore 8--10 mm. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid-ovoid, ca. 1.5 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug. 2n = 24.
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A herb. It grows 30-90 cm high. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 5-11 cm long by 1-4 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows in northern regions on mountain slopes. It grows between 500-2,000 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lychnis cognata unspecified picture

Distribution

Lychnis cognata world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:155056-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292070
COL ID 3WJN2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Silene cognata Lychnis cognata Lychnis fulgens var. cognata