Lychnis githago

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Lychnis githago in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lychnis githago, Scap. (Agrostemma Githago, Linn.). Corn-cockle. Figs. 2220, 2221; also 1515. An annual weed in wheat-fields, and difficult to eradicate because the seeds are not readily screened from the wheat in the thresher or fanning-mill: plant strict, 2-3 ft. tall, white- hairy: lvs. nearly linear: fls. long-peduncled, red-purple and showy, the obovate entire petal-limbs exceeded by the narrow calyx-lobes—these lobes falling when the fr. is ripe. Eu.—Rarely cult, in old gardens. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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