Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Lychnide fleur-de-coucou (fr), Lychnis fleur-de-coucou (fr), Fleur-de-coucou (fr), Œil-de-perdrix (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Silene

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-0.8m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Damp meadows, marshes, fens and wet woods, avoiding acid soils.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Wen (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Silene flos-cuculi habit picture by Stefan Kamps (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Silene flos-cuculi flower picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)
Silene flos-cuculi flower picture by Filip Vrtiak (cc-by-sa)
Silene flos-cuculi flower picture by Jaak Pärtel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Silene flos-cuculi world distribution map, present in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:911444-1
WFO ID wfo-0000438691
COL ID 4XC6F
BDTFX ID 73553
INPN ID 159842
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lychnis flos-cuculi Melandrium flos-cuculi Coronaria flos-cuculi Agrostemma flos-cuculi Agrostemma lusitanica Coccyganthe flos-cuculi Coccyganthe pratensis Silene flos-cuculi Floscuculi pratense Silene flos-cuculi subsp. flos-cuculi Silene flos-cuculi

Lower taxons

Silene flos-cuculi subsp. subintegra