Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
Tribe | Sileneae |
Scientific name | Silene pendula L. |
Synonyms | Silene cisplatensis Cambessèdes |
Common name | (Japanese common name) fukuro nateshiko (フクロナデシコ, 袋撫子 [meaning: sack stroking children]), sakura mantema (サクラマンテマ, 桜マクテマ [meaning: cherry mantema (meaning of mantema is unknown)]) |
(English common name) nodding catchfly | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Kyushu |
(Other nations) [native] Italy | |
Habitat | Field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
Description | Plants 30-60cm tall. Flowers pink or white ca. 2cm across, flowering in March to June. Annual plants. |
Reference | Silene pendula L. |
Silene pendula Linnaeus | |
Silene pendula L. | |
Infection resistant plants and methods for their generation (WIPO Patent WO/2006/032087) | |
Note | Naturalized plants. |
June 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
June 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
June 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |