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| July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
| Family | Caryophyllaceae |
| Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
| Tribe | Sileneae |
| Scientific name | Silene keiskei Miquel var. akaisialpina (T. Yamazaki) Ohwi & H. Ohashi |
| Synonyms | Silene akaisialpina (T. Yamazaki) H. Ohashi, Tateishi & H. Nakai; Silene akaisialpina (T. Yamazaki) H. Ohashi, Tateishi & H. Nakai forma leucantha (Takeda) H. Ohashi, Tateishi & H. Nakai; Silene keiskei Miquel var. akaisialpina (T. Yamazaki) Ohwi & H. Ohashi forma leucantha (Takeda) Ohwi & H. Ohashi; Melandrium keiskei (Miquel) Ohwi var. akaisialpinum T. Yamazaki |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) takane-biranji (タカネビランジ, 高嶺ビランジ [meaning: high mountain biranji (meaning of biranji is unknown)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Central region) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Alpine or subalpine rocks |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants electing 10-30cm tall. Leaves 1.5-4cm long, 5-10mm wide. Flowers pink or white (forma leucantha) ca. 2.5-3cm, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants. |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. |
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| July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
