Silene acaulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 242 (1762).

Basionym
- Cucubalus acaulis L., Sp. Pl.: 415 (1753).
Homotypic
- Lychnis acaulis (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 306 (1771).
- Cucubalus muscosus Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 30 (1779), nom. superfl.
- Silene caespitosa Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 302 (1796), nom. illeg.
- Silene alpina Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 648 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. illeg.
- Oncerum acaule (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 257 (1867).
- Silene acaulis subsp. typica C.L.Hitchc. & Maguire, Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 13: 22 (1947), nom. inval.
- Xamilenis acaulis (L.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 94 (2001).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia, North European Russia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Magadan, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Türkiye.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine, New Hampshire, New York.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, Nevada, Utah.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene acaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Feb 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene acaulis. Accessed: 16 Feb 2026. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Silene acaulis. Published online. Accessed: Sep 12 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Silene acaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sep 2019. Reference page.