Kalmar "Silene vulgaris" tana nufin nau'in tsire-tsire na fure a cikin gidan Caryophyllaceae, wanda aka fi sani da sansanin mafitsara ko maidenstears. Tsire-tsire ne na herbaceous na shekara-shekara wanda ya girma har zuwa 80 cm a tsayi kuma asalinsa ne a Turai da Asiya. Sunan "Silene" ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci "silenos," wanda ke nufin allahntakar daji a cikin tarihin Girkanci. Sunan jinsin "vulgaris" yana nufin "na kowa" a cikin harshen Latin, yana nuna cewa wannan shuka yana yaduwa kuma ba kasawa ba.