• Scientific Name: Lychnis coronata Thunberg
• Ref:Syst. Nat., ed. 14. 435. 1784.
• Synonym:
  Agrostemma banksia Meerburgh;
  Hedona sinensis Loureiro;
  Lychnis grandiflora Jacquin;
  Silene banksia (Meerburgh) Mabberley;
  S. grandiflora (Jacquin) H. Ohashi & H. Nakai.
• Chinese Common Name:剪春罗 jian chun luo; 剪夏罗
• Family:Caryophyllaceae
• Genus: Lychnis
• Distribution:Sparse forests, scrub grasslands, also cultivated. Anhui, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan (Emei Shan), Zhejiang [Japan].
• Photo:06/14/2019, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang

Herbs perennial, 50--90 cm tall, subglabrous. Roots caespitose, pale yellow, narrowly fusiform, slightly fleshy. Stem solitary, rarely sparsely caespitose. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, (5--)8--15 × (1--)2.5 cm, both surfaces subglabrous, ciliate at margin, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Dichasium several flowered. Pedicel very short, sparsely pubescent; bracts lanceolate, herbaceous, ciliate at margin. Flowers 4--5 cm in diam. Calyx tubular, (2.5--)3--3.5 cm × 3.5--5 mm, veins prominent, glabrous, teeth 8--10 mm. Petal limb salmon-pink, obovate, (1.5--)2--2.5 cm, unlobed, apex irregularly incised-dentate; claw not exceeding calyx. Stamens included. Androgynophore 1--1.5 cm. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. (Flora of China)