Common name
English: Jerusalem cross
German: Brennende Liebe
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2653)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2566)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2162)
Order: Caryophyllales (112)
Family: Caryophyllaceae (38)(family description)
Genus: Silene (14)
Epithet: chalcedonica (L.) E.H.L.Krause (1)
Synonyms: Agrostemma chalcedonica (L.) Doell., Lychnis chalcedonica L.
chalcedonica => from or of Chalcedonia, the territory dependent upon Chalcedon, an ancient maritime town on the eastern shore of the Bosporus, opposite modern Istanbul, Turkey
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange