Silene acaulis
Silene acaulis, moss campion, is a small, mountain-dwelling wildflower with pink flowers on mossy carpets.
Silene acaulis, known as moss campion or cushion pink, is a small, mountain-dwelling wildflower that forms extensive moss-like mounds or carpets that spread and flow over and around rocks. Long, woody taproots serve as anchors in rock crevices. Pretty little pink-violet flowers bloom above its mostly basal, densely crowded, bright green foliage during summer months. A fascinator in the sunny rock garden and flowing over retaining walls. It is also called compass plant because the flowers begin to bloom on the south side of the mat. Tolerant of both dry and moist locations.
Common Name: Moss Campion
Family: Caryophyllaceae (The Pink Family)
Zone Hardiness: 2-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Arctic, tundra, alpine, and sub-alpine zones in a circumboreal and circumpolar distrubtion at high altitudes and latitudes across North America, Europe and Asia.
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Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia, North America, North Central and Eastern Asia
