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Lychnis coronaria, Desr. (Agrostemma Coronaria, Linn. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br.). Mullein Pink. Dusty Miller. Rose Campion. Fig. 2223. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ½ ft. tall, forking toward the top: lvs. oblong, oblong-oval or oblong-spatulate, the lower ones obtuse or nearly so, tapering to a more or less clasping base: fls. large (1 ½ in. across), circular in outline, crimson or rose-crimson or borne singly on the ends of the branches; petals with appendages at the throat; calyx with filiform teeth. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 24. J. H. III. 57:571. Gn. W. 26:43. G. 30:401.—A common plant of old gardens, and sometimes escaped. The glowing fls. and white foliage make it a conspicuous plant. A hybrid of this and L. Flos- Jovis is figured in G. .111.2:101.
Lychnis coronaria, Desr. (Agrostemma Coronaria, Linn. Coronaria tomentosa, A. Br.). Mullein Pink. Dusty Miller. Rose Campion. Fig. 2223. Biennial or perennial, 1-2 ½ ft. tall, forking toward the top: lvs. oblong, oblong-oval or oblong-spatulate, the lower ones obtuse or nearly so, tapering to a more or less clasping base: fls. large (1 ½ in. across), circular in outline, crimson or rose-crimson or borne singly on the ends of the branches; petals with appendages at the throat; calyx with filiform teeth. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 24. J. H. III. 57:571. Gn. W. 26:43. G. 30:401.—A common plant of old gardens, and sometimes escaped. The glowing fls. and white foliage make it a conspicuous plant. A hybrid of this and L. Flos- Jovis is figured in G. .111.2:101.
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