Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis

Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Subgenus: S. subg. Silene
Sectio: S. sect. Nanosilene
Species: Silene acaulis
Subspecies: Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis

Name

Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq. subsp. acaulis, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Silene elongata Bellardi, Osserv. Bot.: 60 (1788).
    • Silene acaulis var. elongata (Bellardi) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 5: 749 (1805).
  • Silene norwegica Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 500 (1805).
  • Silene acaulis var. parviflora Otth in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 367 (1824).
  • Silene acaulis var. dianthiflora Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 817 (1832).
  • Silene acaulis var. condensata Lindblom, Physiogr. Sällsk. Tidskr. 1: 327 (1838).
  • Xamilenis uniflora Raf., Autik. Bot.: 24 (1840).
  • Silene subacaulis Vill. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 587 (1841), nom. inval.
  • Silene acaulis f. albiflora Hartz, Meddel. Grønland 18: 324 (1895).
  • Silene acaulis f. subacaulescens F.N.Williams, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 101 (1896).
    • Silene acaulis var. subacaulescens (F.N.Williams) Fernald & H.St.John, Rhodora 23: 120 (1921).
    • Silene acaulis subsp. subacaulescens (F.N.Williams) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 40(1): 696 (1944).
  • Silene acaulis subsp. longiscapa Vierh., Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 51: 561 (1901).
  • Silene acaulis subsp. cenisia Vierh., Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 51: 563 (1901).
  • Silene pannonica Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Fl. Tirol 6(2): 185 (1909).
  • Silene norica Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Fl. Tirol 6(2): 185 (1909).
  • Silene acaulis f. balcanica Hayek & Vierh., Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 94: 142 (1917 publ. 1918).
  • Silene mantziana Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 20: 481 (1928 publ. 1929).
  • Silene acaulis subsp. arctica Á.Löve & D.Löve, Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. Biol. 17: 21 (1965).
  • Silene acaulis f. athabascensis Argus, Rhodora 70: 209 (1968).
  • Silene acaulis f. albiflora Cody, Canad. Field-Naturalist 108: 93 (1994), nom. illeg.
• Misapplied names
  • "Silene acaulis var. angustifolia", err. sec. POWO, recte Silene muscipula var. angustifolia Costa, Supl. Cat. Pl. Cataluña: 11 (1877), nom. nud.

Distribution

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 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. 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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Silene acaulis subsp. 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. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis. Published online. Accessed: 16 Feb 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis. Accessed: 16 Feb 2026. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Feb 16.Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Stängelloses Leimkraut
• English: moss champion
• eesti: Varretu põisrohi
• suomi: Tunturikohokki
• français: Silène acaule
• Nederlands: Stengelloze silene
• svenska: Fjällglim