Nanban chickweed - Nanban chickweed

Japanese: ナンバンハコベ - なんばんはこべ
Nanban chickweed - Nanban chickweed

A perennial plant of the Caryophyllaceae family (APG classification: Caryophyllaceae). The stems grow well, branching and reaching a length of 1.5 meters, and become vine-like, leaning against other plants. The leaves are ovate and 2-5 cm long. From summer to autumn, white flowers grow singly at the ends of twigs. The petals are slender, about 1.5 cm long, and split into two at the end. The calyx is tubular, later becoming hemispherical, and remains in fruiting stage. The fruit is spherical at the end of the receptacle, ripens black, and does not dehisce. It grows in mountains and fields, and is distributed throughout Japan, the Korean Peninsula, northeastern China, and Sakhalin. The name Nanban is thought to come from the unusual shape of its flowers and fruits.

The genus Chickweed consists of only one species and is unique among the Caryophyllaceae family in that it has berry-like fruits.

[Eiji Miki January 21, 2021]

It is now included in the genus Silene .

[Editorial Department, January 21, 2021]

Chickweed
From summer to autumn, white flowers grow singly at the tips of twigs. The petals are long and thin, with two lobes at the tip. The stems grow like vines and are quite long. ©Shogakukan Photo by Okuyama Hisashi ">

Chickweed


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ナデシコ科(APG分類:ナデシコ科)の多年草。茎はよく伸長、分枝して長さ1.5メートルに達し、つる状となってほかの植物に寄りかかる。葉は卵形で長さ2~5センチメートル。夏から秋、小枝の先に白色花を単生する。花弁は細長く、長さ約1.5センチメートル、先は2裂する。萼(がく)は筒状で、のちに半球状となって果実期も残る。果実は果托(かたく)の先につき、球形で黒く熟し、裂開しない。山野に生え、日本全土、および朝鮮半島、中国東北部、樺太(からふと)(サハリン)に分布する。ナンバンの名は、その花や果実の形が風変わりであることによると思われる。

 ナンバンハコベ属は1種のみからなり、果実が液果状となることでナデシコ科のなかでは特異である。

[三木栄二 2021年1月21日]

 現在はマンテマ属Sileneに含まれるようになっている。

[編集部 2021年1月21日]

ナンバンハコベ
夏~秋、小枝の先に白色花を単生する。花弁は細長く、先端は2裂。茎はつる状となってよく伸長する©Shogakukan 撮影/おくやまひさし">

ナンバンハコベ


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