Silene uralensis(Rupr.) Bocquet

apetalous catchfly

WFO wfo-0000440205 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Silene uralensis, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. a Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-30 / obs. 164311044
Silene uralensis, photographed by Caleb Catto
fig. b Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143887100
Silene uralensis, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44158383
Silene uralensis, photographed by marek
fig. d marek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2414679
Silene uralensis, photographed by Sheelagh Halsey
fig. e Sheelagh Halsey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53720252
Silene uralensis, photographed by Spencer Quayle
fig. f Spencer Quayle, CC0 1.0 / obs. 89244592
Silene uralensis, photographed by Caleb Catto
fig. g Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143887740
Silene uralensis, photographed by Peter L Achuff
fig. h Peter L Achuff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174015984

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Silene uralensis is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Yakutiya, East European Russia, Finland, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Labrador, Manitoba, Montana, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Utah, Wyoming, Yukon AltayBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanTadzhikistanTuvaUzbekistanYakutiyaEast European RussiaFinlandNorth European RussiaNorwaySvalbardSwedenAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandLabradorManitobaMontanaNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecUtahWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Silene uralensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Montana MNT
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Finland FIN
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 44 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Agrostemma apetala (L.) G.Don
  • Agrostemma brachypetala Sweet
  • Gasterlychnis albiflora Rupr.
  • Gasterlychnis macropetala Rupr.
  • Gasterlychnis uralensis Rupr.
  • Gastrolychnis apetala (L.) Tolm. & Kozhanch.
  • Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. arctica (Fr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. attenuata Petrovsky
  • Gastrolychnis apetala subsp. uralensis (Rupr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Gastrolychnis apetala var. nuda Jurtzev
  • Gastrolychnis attenuata (Farr) Czerep.
  • Gastrolychnis uralensis Rupr.
  • Lychnis apetala L.
  • Lychnis apetala f. arctica (Th.Fr.) Polunin
  • Lychnis apetala subsp. arctica (Fr.) Hultén
  • Lychnis apetala subsp. attenuata (Farr) Maguire
  • Lychnis apetala var. arctica (Th.Fr.) Cody
  • Lychnis apetala var. attenuata (Farr) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Lychnis apetala var. glabra Regel
  • Lychnis apetala var. macrosperma (A.E.Porsild) B.Boivin
  • Lychnis apetala var. mollis Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Lychnis apetala var. nutans B.Boivin
  • Lychnis attenuata Farr
  • Lychnis nesophila Holm

and 20 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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