Hardy Plants
Silene acaulis
Type: Herbaceous perennial; evergreen
Family: Caryophyllaceae (carnation)
Color: pink
Exposure: sun
Bloom Month: early spring
Height: 2-6”
Shape: low, ground-hugging plant; densely matted and moss-like; up to a foot or more diameter
Soil: Rich, scree soil; Moist, chalky rock crevices in high mts.
Moisture: dry or moist
Origin: high arctic and tundra in the higher mountains of Eurasia and North America.
Propagation: From seed or cuttings
Notes: Also known as moss campion or cushion pink; male, female hermaphrodite flowers
