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| May 2007 at roadside |
May 2008 at seaside field |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
| Tribe | Sileneae |
| Scientific name | Silene gallica L. |
| Synonyms | Corone gallica (L.) Fourreau; Cucubalus sylvestris Lamarck; Cucubalus variegatus Lamarck; Lychnis vulnerata Scopoli; Silene anglica L.; Silene gallica L. forma quinquevulnera (L.) Mertens & Koch; Silene gallica L. subsp. anglica (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve; Silene gallica L. subsp. quinquevulnera (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve; Silene gallica L. var. anglica (L.) Koch; Silene gallica L. var. genuina Hallier et al.; Silene anglica L. var. quinquevulnera (L.) House; Silene gallica L. var. quinquevulnera (L.) Koch; Silene lusitanica L.; Silene quinquevulnera L.; Silene sylvestris Gaterau |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) mantema (マンテマ [meaning of mantema is unknown]), shirobana-mantema (シロバナマンテマ, 白花マンテマ [meaning: white flower mantema]) |
| (English common name) common catchfly, French catchfly, small flowered catchfly, windmill pink | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] Russia, Caucasus, Ukraine, India, Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia | |
| Habitat | Roadside, seaside, riverside, field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
| Description | Plants 30-50cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long. Flowers white, red, purple, pink or white corollas 7-8mm across, flowering in April to May. Annual or winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Silene gallica L. |
| Silene gallica L. | |
| Silene gallica L. | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (introduced in early 19th). |
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