Silene pendula




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