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|accepted_name=Silene chalcedonica
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) E. H. L. Krause in J. Sturm et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Sturm et al., Deutsch. Fl. ed.
|place=2, 5: 96. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Maltese-cross;scarlet lychnis;lychnide de Chalcédoine;croix de Jérusalem
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lychnis chalcedonica
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Agrostemma chalcedonica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Doellinger
}}
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Silene;Silene chalcedonica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Silene]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Silene chalcedonica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 168
|treatment_page=page 179
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, coarse, rhizomatous; rhizome branched, stout. <b>Stems</b> erect, few-branched, 50–100 cm, hispid. <b>Leaves</b> rounded into tightly sessile base; blade lanceolate to ovate, 5–12 cm × 20–60 mm, apex acute, sparsely scabrous-pubescent on both surfaces, scabrous-ciliate on abaxial margins and midrib; basal leaf blades broadly spatulate. <b>Inflorescences</b> subcapitate between terminal pair of leaves, 10–50-flowered, congested, bracteate; bracts lanceolate, herbaceous, ciliate. <b>Flowers</b> sessile to subsessile, 10–16 mm diam.; calyx 10-veined, narrow and tubular in flower, clavate in fruit, 12–17 mm, margins dentate, lobes triangular-lanceolate, 2.5–2.5 mm, coarsely hirsute; petals scarlet, sometimes white or pink, clawed, claw equaling calyx, limb spreading, obovate, deeply 2-lobed, 6–11 mm, shorter than calyx, appendages tubular, 2–3 mm; stamens equaling calyx; stigmas 5, equaling calyx. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, 8–10 mm, opening by 5 teeth; carpophore 4–6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> dark reddish brown, reniform-rotund, 0.7–1 mm diam., coarsely papillate; papillae ca. as high as wide. <b>2n</b> = 24 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, waste places, open woodlands
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;Wis.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Silene chalcedonica</i> is widely cultivated but rarely escapes and probably does not persist.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Silene chalcedonica
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) E. H. L. Krause in J. Sturm et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Agrostemma chalcedonica
|basionyms=Lychnis chalcedonica
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Roadsides, waste places, open woodlands
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;Vt.;Wis.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Sturm et al., Deutsch. Fl. ed.
|publication year=1901
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_355.xml
|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Silene
|species=Silene chalcedonica
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