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Silene flos-cuculi

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inches) tall. The stems rise above the foliage and branch near the top of the stem. The leaves are paired, with the lower leaves spoon-shaped and stalked. The middle and upper leaves are linear-lanceolate with pointed apexes. All of the leaves are untoothed. The stems have barbed hairs pointing
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Blooming from May to August (and occasionally later), the pink flowers are 3–4 cm wide. They have five narrow petals deeply divided into four lobes giving the flower an untidy, ragged appearance, hence its common name. The
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Butterflies and long-tongued bees feed on the flowers' nectar. In addition to these pollinators, the flowers are visited by many types of insects, and can be characterized by a generalized
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The fruits consist of small (6–10 mm) capsules opening on top by five teeth and containing many small seeds; they are found on the plants from August onwards.
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it has declined in numbers because of modern farming techniques and draining of wet-lands and is no longer common.
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and pastures. It has also become naturalized in parts of the northern United States and eastern Canada.
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forms a rosette of low growing foliage with numerous stems 20 to 90 centimetres (8 to
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Van Der Kooi, C. J.; Pen, I.; Staal, M.; Stavenga, D. G.; Elzenga, J. T. M. (2015).
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The species is native to Europe and Asia, where it is found along roads and in
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downward and these hairs make the plant rough to the touch.
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Index

Lychnis flos-cuculi
Ragged Robin (comics)

Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Silene
Binomial name
L.
Synonyms
Caryophyllaceae

calyx
stamens
wet meadows
pollination syndrome
Britain
cultivars


"Silene flos-cuculi"
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
BSBI List 2007
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
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