moss campion

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moss campion

A low-growing plant (Silene acaulis) of cool regions, having purplish-red flowers and forming dense, cushionlike mats.

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moss campion - tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America

Silene acaulis

genus Silene - large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly

campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene

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