Family: Caryophyllaceae
Scientific Name: Lychnis coronaria
Common Name: Rose Champion, Mullein Pink
| Description | A neat plant with rose to red flowers and gray foliage. A prolific reseeding plant. |
| Pronunciation | (LICK-nis)(ko-ro-NAH-ree-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, does well in poor dry soils |
| Flowers | rose to red colored, single 1-2 inches wide, seem to glow |
| Leaves | grayish green to gray foliage, basal rosette silvery and wooly |
| Dimensions | up to 3 feet high |
| Maintenance | seems to readily reseed |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Southeastern Europe |
| Notes & Reference | #06-Perennials for the American Gardens (Ruth Rodgers Clausen and Nicolas H Ekstrom) |
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