| 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 |