Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Silene L. [55]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Campion, Catchfly

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Caryophyllaceae

family_ja: ナデシコ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 500 species of annuals, biennials, and deciduous or evergreen perennials, some subshrubby, widely distributed in habitats ranging from open woodland to meadows and mountain screes in the N. hemisphere; most occur around the Mediterranean, but some are found in the mountains of tropical Africa and in South America. The variable leaves are opposite, linear to ovate or obovate, and entire. The flowers have 5 often notched or split, clawed petals and a tubular, often conspicuously inflated calyx; they are borne singly or in sprays, clusters, broad or narrow panicle-like cymes, or corymb-like panicles. Most silenes are easily grown, and often self-seed freely. Smaller perennials are excellent for a rock garden, and taller ones for the front of a herbaceous border, or for a wild garden. Use annuals as bedding in mixed or annual borders. Some silenes resent winter wet and are best grown in a scree bed or alpine house.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to half hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed of perennials in containers in a cold frame in autumn. Sow seed of hardy annuals in situ in autumn or spring; sow half-hardy annuals at 16-19°C (61-66°F) in spring and harden off before planting out after last frosts. Divide rooted offshoots of S. dioica ’Rosea Plena’ from midsummer to autumn. Root basal cuttings of perennials in spring.

pests_en: Outdoors, susceptible to slug and snail damage; under glass, often infested by aphids, whiteflies, and red spider mites. S. dioica ‘Rosea Plena’ is prone to smut fungus and, in dry conditions, to powdery mildew.

description_ja:

comment: N.hemisphere

comment_ja: マンテマ，ムシトリナデシコ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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