Family | Caryophyllaceae |
Subfamily | Caryophylloideae |
Tribe | Sileneae |
Scientific name | Silene wilfordii (Regel) H. Ohashi & H. Nakai |
Synonyms | Lychnis fulgens Fischer var. wilfordii Regel; Lychnis wilfordii (Regel) Maximovicz |
Common name | (Japanese common name) enbi-senno (エンビセンノウ, 燕尾仙翁 [meaning: swallow tail senno (senno = flower found at Sennoji Temple)]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Nagano Prefecture) |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China | |
Habitat | Mountane field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
Description | Plants 90cm tall. Leaves 3-7.5cm long, 1-2cmwide. Flowers pedicels 17-20mm long, calyxs 21-14mm long, orange red corollas 3.5cm across, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Lychnis wilfordii (Regel) Maximowicz |
Silene wilfordii (Regel) H. Ohashi & H. Nakai |
September 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |
September 2009 at Karuizawa Botanical Garden |