Widespread in north temperate zone

• Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects

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n. mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone [syn: catchfly ]

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Lychnis \Lych"nis\, n. [L., a kind of red flower, Gr. lychni`s; cf. ly`chnos a lamp.] (Bot.) A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family ( Caryophyllace[ae] ). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may ...

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Lychnis is a genus of 15-25 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae , native to Europe , Asia and north Africa . The genus is closely related to (and sometimes included in) Silene , differing in the flowers having five styles (three in ...