Silene firma f. pubescens ("Kefushiguro")

Japanese name: ケフシグロ （毛節黒）
Scientific name: Silene firma f. pubescens

[Overview]
A biennial 0.3–1 m tall, found along roadsides and woodland edges.
Sparse short hairs grow on the stem, leaves, flower stalks and calyx.
The stem nodes are tinged with black.
The leaves are simple and opposite, lanceolate to oblong, 3–10 cm long and 1–3 cm wide, with pointed tips and fringed margins.
The flowers grow at the stem tips and in the leaf axils; they are small, white to pink, and 5-petaled, with each petal tip divided in two.
There are 10 stamens and 3 styles.
The fruit is an ovoid capsule.

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