PLANTS Profile for Lychnis fulgens (brilliant campion)

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PLANTS Profile

Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims
brilliant campion

Symbol:

LYFU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caryophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

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Synonyms:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

LYCO11

Lychnis cognata Maxim.

Distribution:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims


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USA (PA)

Related Taxa:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

View 42 genera in Caryophyllaceae, 6 species in Lychnis

Classification:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Caryophyllaceae – Pink family
Genus	Lychnis L. – campion
Species	Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims – brilliant campion

Introduced Information:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lychnis fulgens Fisch. ex Sims

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503598.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 01:27 PM CDT