Common name:
Corncockle
Family:
Scientific name:
Agrostemma githago
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the British Isles, though native only in a very few locations; otherwise a garden escape, or deliberately planted
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Cultivated fields, waste ground
Flowers:
Five obovate petals, very shallowly notched at the tip, coloured pinkish-purple, white at the base, and crossed by bluish lengthwise veins. The five spreading sepals are about twice as long as the petals, dark green and hairy, especially towards the (fused) base
Leaves:
Grass-like; narrowly lanceolate, and sparsely hairy
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
