| Psammosilene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Psammosilene W.C.Wu & C.Y.Wu (1945) |
| Species: | P. tunicoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammosilene tunicoides W.C.Wu & C.Y.Wu (1945) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Silene cryptanthaDiels (1912), nom. illeg. | |
Psammosilene tunicoides is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Psammosilene. It is a perennial native to southeastern Tibet and southwestern Sichuan, Yunnan, and western Guizhou provinces in China, as well as to northern Thailand. [1]