Japanese name: カラフトマンテマ Scientific name:Silene repens var. repens
[Overview]
A perennial 10–50 cm tall.
The lower part of the stem creeps along the ground, and the upper part rises upright.
The upper part of the stem has short hairs.
Leaves are simple and opposite, lanceolate, 2–7 cm long, with marginal hairs.
There is no leaf stalk.
Cymes at the stem tips bear a few flowers.
The flowers are 5-petaled, pale pink or white, with the lower part enclosed in the calyx.
The petals open flat and are cleft to about the middle into 2 lobes.
There are 10 stamens, shorter than or only slightly longer than the calyx tube.
The calyx is cylindrical, 1.2–1.5 cm long, with soft hairs.
The fruit is an ovoid capsule.
