Common name:
Ragged robin
Family:
Scientific name:
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Marshes, damp grassland, wet woodland
Flowers:
Deep pink to white, with five petals, each deeply divided into four narrow lobes, and a purplish, ridged calyx divided about a third of its length into triangular lobes. Flowers are in small, open clusters, attached by slender, purplish, rough stalks
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, hairless, with a rough surface; at the base and in opposite pairs along the stem
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
