スイセンノウの和名の由来は花が仙翁に似ていて酒に酔っているような赤色だから。陽当たりの良いところで薔薇色の花を次々と咲かせます。
The Japanese name of Rose Campion means “Drunken Campion”. This is because the flowers are red, as if they have drunk alcohol. In a sunny place, the rose-colored flowers bloom one after another.
【仮名】スイセンノウ, フランネルソウ
【和名】酔仙翁
【英名】Rose Campion
【学名】Silene coronaria
【誕生】06/ 18, 08/ 19, 08/ 26
【開花】05, 06, 07, 08月
【花色】White, Pink, Red, Purple
スイセンノウ
スイセンノウの概要
スイセンノウはナデシコ科マンテマ属の多年草です。原産地は欧州の南部。陽当たりの良いところで、薔薇色の花を次々と咲かせます。日本へは江戸時代の末期に渡来。夏の高温多湿に弱く、秋には枯れてしまうものの、冬の低温で種子の休眠が破れ、春には新しい芽が生えてきます。
スイセンノウの名前
スイセンノウの和名「酔仙翁」の由来は、花が仙翁に似ていて、酒に酔っているような赤色だからです。別名フランネルソウの由来は、茎も葉も細毛が密生し、柔らかい毛織物のようだから。英名はローズが薔薇色、キャンピオンがナデシコ科マンテマ属またはセンノウ属の総称です。
スイセンノウの学名
スイセンノウのラテン語の属名シレネはギリシャ神話に登場する半人半馬の水の精で予言の力を持つ「シーレーノス」に由来。大量のワインを飲み、いつも酔っている一方、とても賢く、人間にとって大切な秘密をもたらします。種小名コロナリアは「花冠に用いられる」という意味。
スイセンノウの姿形
スイセンノウの茎は直立し、上方で分枝。葉は先が尖り、柄がない楕円形です。根生葉がロゼット状、茎生葉が対生。茎も葉も細毛が密生します。花は茎先で咲いて花弁が５枚。雄しべと雌しべが小さく、副花冠に隠れます。花後は卵形の蒴果を形成。熟すと褐色の種子を散らします。
Rose Campion
Rose Campion is a perennial plant of the Caryophyllaceae family. It is native to southern Europe. In a sunny place, the rose-colored flowers bloom one after another. It was introduced to Japan at the end of the Edo period. It is weak to high temperatures and humidity in summer and dies in autumn, but the dormancy of the seeds is broken by the low temperatures of winter, and new buds grow in spring.
The Japanese name of Rose Campion means “Drunken Campion”. This is because the flowers are red, as if they have drunk alcohol. It is also known as “Flannel plant”. This is because the stems and leaves are densely covered with fine hairs, making them look like soft wool. In English, Rose means rose-colored, and Campion is a general term for the genera Silene and Lychnis.
The Latin genus name of Rose Campion, Silene, comes from “Silenus”, a water spirit of half man, half horse, who appears in Greek mythology and has the power of prophecy. He drinks a lot of wine and is always drunk, but he is very wise and brings important secrets to humans. The specific name coronaria means “used for corollas”.
The stems of Rose Campion are upright and branch upwards. The leaves are elliptical with pointed tips and no stalks. The basal leaves are rosette-shaped, and the stem leaves are opposite. Both the stems and leaves are densely hairy. The flowers bloom at the end of the stem and have five petals. The stamens and pistils are small and hidden by the corona. After flowering, an egg-shaped capsule is formed. When ripe, it scatters brown seeds.
