Japanese Lantern Flower

Niether Laura nor I can ever remember the name of this plant. So we call it Japanese Lantern Flower. I looked it up though; it's Melandrium apetalum in the family Caryophyllaceae (the pinks). Carnations are pinks to taxonomically speaking. I think it is fun to say Scientific names. Unlike other romance languages, Latin scientific names are pen pen, meaning you pronounce the third to last syllable the strongest unless otherwise noted. Thus, Japanese Lantern Flower is pronounced 'Mel-AN-dri-um a-PET-a-lum'. Becha didn't know that. Pretty no?