Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
Tribe | Sileneae |
Scientific name | Silene firma Siebold & Zuccarini |
Synonyms | Melandrium apricum (Turczaninow) Rohrbach var. firmum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Rohrbach; Melandrium apricum (Turczaninow) Rohrbach var. firmum f. pubescens Makino; Melandrium firmum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Rohrbach; Silene aprica Turczaninow var. firma (Siebold & Zuccarini) F. N. Williams; Silene epilosa W. W. Smith |
Common name | (Japanese common name) fushi-guro (フシグロ, 節黒 [meaning: dark joint]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=48 |
Description | Plants 40-80cm tall. Leaves 4-7cm long. Flowers white ca. 4-5mm across, calyx tubes 0.7-1cm long, flowering in June to October. Winter annual plants. |
Reference | Silene firma Siebold & Zucc. |
Silene firma Siebold & Zuccarini | |
Note | Flora of China has described that Silene firma Siebold & Zuccarini forma pubescens (Makino) Ohwi & Ohashi (syn. Melandrium firmum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Rohrbach forma pubescens (Makino) Makino; Melandrium firmum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Rohrbach var. pubescens (Makino) Y. Z. Zhao; Silene firma Siebold & Zuccarini var. pubescens (Makino) S. Y. He) is a synonym of Silene firma Siebold & Zuccarini (var. firma). |
September 2008 at mountane field |
September 2008 at mountane field |
September 2008 at mountane field |
September 2008 at mountane field |
September 2008 at mountane field |
September 2008 at mountane field |