끈끈이동자꽃-[정명] Lychnis viscaria L.

과명	Engler- APG Ⅳ- Caryophyllaceae (석죽과)	속명	Lychnis (동자꽃속)
전체학명	[정명] Lychnis viscaria L.	추천명	끈끈이동자꽃
		영문명	Catehfly German,German

Common Name: clammy campion 

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Native Range: Europe, Asia

Zone: 3 to 8

Height: 1.00 to 1.50 feet

Spread: 0.75 to 1.00 feet

Bloom Time: May to June

Bloom Description: Reddish-purple

Sun: Full sun

Water: Dry to medium

Maintenance: Low

Flower: Showy

Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil

Culture

Best grown in moderately fertile, well-drained soils with even moisture in full sun to part shade. Full sun works best in the north, but part shade is preferred in the south. Sharp soil drainage is essential. Tolerates poor soils. Tolerates some drought. Plants are typically short-lived (3-4 years). Plants may self-seed in the garden in optimum growing conditions.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Lychnis viscaria is a reddish-purple flowered catchfly that is native to sandy meadows, dry hillside ridges, lowlands, clearings and roadsides from Europe to western Asia. From tufts of grass-like foliage (to 5" tall) rise flowering stalks (to 12-18" tall) bearing star-shaped magenta flowers (calyx to 1/2" long) in 3-6 flowered panicles which bloom from late spring to early summer. Each flower stalk is sticky (viscous) just below the flower panicle and along the internodes, thus accounting for the specific epithet and common name. Sticky stems trap insects attempting to reach the flowers.

A number of authorities (e.g., Flora of North America) now include this plant in the genus Silene as Silene viscaria.

Genus name comes from the classical name said to be derived from the Greek word lychnos meaning a lamp possibly referring to the ancient use of leaves of a woolly species for wicks.

Specific epithet means sticky.

 

 

 

Lychnis viscaria - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

 

 

 

 

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