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Agrostemma githago

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Name

Identification
Agrostemma githago L. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Agrostemma githago
Common name
  • Common corncockle, Flora of North America Vol. 5
  • nielle, Flora of North America Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for AGROSTEMMA Githago Lin. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 120, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
AGROSTEMMA Githago Lin. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], ;—E. Bot. t. 741. Schkuhr, t. 121.
Githago segetum Desf. [family ]
Lychnis Githago Lam. [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE], Encycl. 111. p. 643.
Information
silky, erect; leaves lanceolate-linear; segments of the calyx twice as long as the corolla. One to two feet high. Flowers purple, handsome.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In corn fields; introduced from Europe.

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