Lychnis

Lychnis
Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Faimily:	Caryophyllaceae
Genus:	Lychnis L.
Species
See text

Lychnis /ˈlɪknɪs/ is a genus o 15-25 species o flouerin plants in the faimily Caryophyllaceae, native tae Europe, Asie an north Africae. The genus is closely relatit tae (an whiles includit in) Silene, differin in the flouers havin five styles (three in Silene), the seed capsule havin five teeth (sax in Silene), an in the sticky stems o Lychnis. Common names include "campion" (shared wi Silene) an "catchflee", the latter name based on the sticky stems.

Selectit species

• Lychnis alba (White Cockle)
• Lychnis alpina (Alpine Catchflee)
• Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese Cross)
• Lychnis cognata
• Lychnis coeli-rosa (Rose o Heiven)
• Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion)
• Lychnis coronata
• Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)
• Lychnis flos-jovis (Flouer-o-Jove)
• Lychnis fulgens
• Lychnis nivalis
• Lychnis senno
• Lychnis sibirica
• Lychnis sieboldii
• Lychnis viscaria (Sticky Catchflee)
• Lychnis wilfordii

The Lychnis is an aa the common name o Hadena bicruris, a species o noctuid moch. The larva o this moch feeds on Lychnis species, as dae some ither Lepidoptera includin Cabbage Moch (recordit on L. chalcedonica), Grey Chi an case-bearers o the genus Coleophora includin C. albella (feeds exclusively on L. flos-cuculi) an C. leucapennella.

References

• Flora Europaea: Lychnis
• Flora of China: Lychnis
• Photographs of Lychnis in Japan Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine