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Scientific name:

Lychnis flos-cuculi

Vernacular name:

Ragged-Robin


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Ragged-Robin

Scientific name: Lychnis flos-cuculi L.

Diagnostic features
Erect simple or branched perennial to 75cm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent.
Flowers loosely clustered in open inflorescence.
Petal-limb pale purple, deeply 4-lobed.

Chromosome number: 2n=24.

Habitat
Native; marshy fields and other damp places.

Distribution
Throughout British Isles.

This species is keyed out on Page 2208 in the Text Key.

Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged-Robin)
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