Silene nepalensis Majumdar

Herbs perennial, 10--50 cm tall. Roots robust, multicrowned. Stems caespitose, erect, simple, densely pubescent. Basal leaves linear-lanceolate, 3--14 cm × 3--7 mm, midvein prominent, glabrous or subglabrous, base attenuate into petiole, ± connate, apex acuminate; distal leaves sessile, homomorphic with basal leaves, ± connate at base, both surfaces and margin pubescent. Inflorescence an irregular elongate thyrsoid with (short-and) long stalked densely 3--7-flowered cymules; flowers nutant, erect in late anthesis. Pedicel 5--10 mm in fruit, densely pubescent; bracts linear, pubescent. Calyx cylindric-campanulate in early anthesis, 7--9 × 3--4 mm, soon becoming broader as capsule swells, densely pubescent, round at base, open at apex; longitudinal veins dark violet or deep greenish brown, not raised, usually cohering at calyx teeth. Androgynophore to 1 mm, pubescent. Petals exserted 2--3 mm beyond calyx, violet; claws broadly cuneate, 6--8 mm, subglabrous at base, very broadly auriculate; limb 1.5--2 mm long and slightly broader, emarginate or bifid, lobes entire or usually with obscure lateral teeth; coronal scales small, nearly round, obtuse or emarginate at apex. Stamens included; filaments subglabrous. Styles included. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 8--10 mm. Seeds grayish brown, reniform, ca. 0.8 mm, tuberculate. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug.

Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), S. Tibet, S. W. China.

Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, ?Kashmir, Nepal, ?Pakistan, Sikkim].

3500-5000 m

Mountain grasslands; 2700--5100 m.

Lychnis multicaulis Wallich ex Bentham; Melandrium brachypetalum (Hornemann) Fenzl var. tibetanum Rohrbach; M. multicaule (Wallich ex Bentham) Walpers.

Silene nepalensis là loài thực vật có hoa thuộc họ Cẩm chướng. Loài này được Majumdar miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1963.

尼泊尔蝇子草（学名：Silene nepalensis）为石竹科蝇子草属的植物。分布于尼泊尔、巴基斯坦、锡金、不丹以及中国大陆的西藏、青海、四川、云南等地，生长于海拔2,700米至5,100米的地区，常生于山坡草地，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。