Windmill Pink (Silene Gallica) マンテマ

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These are windmill pink flowers (Silene gallica). They usually flower in May and June. Like other plants, however, the windmill pink there has flowered in November.    

Windmill pink (Silene gallica)　マンテマ

Silene Gallica (Common Catchfly) 白花マンテマ

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They're Silene gallica or more commonly known as common catchfly, small-flowered catchfly, or windmill pink. I saw the flowers last year, but not this time of the year but in April. I saw henbit yesterday and sweet autumn clematis in November, both of which had flowers also out of season. 

Silene gallica　白花マンテマ

Common catchfly　白花マンテマ

Silene Gallica (French Catchfly) マンテマ

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This is Silene gallicas known by several common names such as windmill pink and French catchfly. The flower is tiny, less than 1 cm in diameter.

Spring is the season of rebirth when nature comes back to life, so I'm busy taking pictures of these small plants, and for that, I need to crouch down to take low shots. Most people are busy, just passing by me but dogs, some of which come to me, telling me to get out of their way to do their business...  

Silene gallica マンテマ

French catchfly マンテマ

Silene Gallica (Common Catchfly) 白花マンテマ

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

This is silene gallica or common catchfly. The flower is so tiny, about 1 cm in diameter!!

Silene gallica 白花マンテマ