Silene wilfordii




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