Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
Tribe | Sileneae |
Scientific name | Silene miqueliana (Rohrbach) H. Ohashi & H. Nakai |
Synonyms | Lychnis miqueliana Rohrbach |
Common name | (Japanese common name) fushiguro-senno (フシグロセンノウ, 節黒仙翁 [meaning: black knotted senno (senno = flower found at Sennoji Temple)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Habitat | Caryophyllaceae |
Chromosomal number | unknown |
Description | Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 5-14cm long. Flowers scarlet corollas 4.5-6cm, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants. |
Note | Native to Japan. |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
August 2008 at Nikko Botanical Garden |
October 2007 at Nikko Botanical Garden |