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| May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
| Tribe | Sileneae |
| Scientific name | Silene armeria L. |
| Synonyms | Cucubalus fasciculatus Lamarck; Lychnis armoraria Scopoli; Silene armeria L. var. sparsiflora Schur; Silene glauca Salisbury; Silene lituanica Zapalowicz |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mushi-tori-nadeshiko (ムシトリナデシコ, 虫取撫子 [meaning: catchfly silene]) |
| (English common name) sweet-William catchfly | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Greece, Italy, Poland, Germany, France | |
| Habitat | Roadside, farm yard, field |
| Chromosomal number | n=12 |
| Description | Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 1.5-5cm long. Flowers purple, flowering in May to August. Annual or winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Silene armeria L. |
| Silene armeria L. | |
| Sod mats constructed of stable fibers and a degradable matrix material (US Patent 5344470/1994) | |
| Specialty sod mats constructed of nonwoven fabric with apertures (US Patent 5464455/1995) | |
| Sod mats constructed of stable fibers and degradable matrix material and method for propagation (US Patent 5555674/1996) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (introduced as garden plants in mid 19th). |
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| May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |
