Lychnis coronaria Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lychnis coronaria (L.) Desr.

Rose campion

2020 MCOSD EDRR

2016 Mark Vande Pol

2014 Garrett Dickman

2018 Elizabeth Brusati

2012 Ramona Robison

2011 Ramona Robison

2012 Ramona Robison

2024 Alaine Arslan

2012 Debra L. Cook

Lychnis coronaria is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~417 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lychnis
Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Agrostemma coronaria
PLANTS	Coronaria coriacea
JEF + PLANTS	Silene coronaria
POWO	Silene coronaria

Information about Lychnis coronaria from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LYCO) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/19/2025).