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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agrostemma githago var. githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostemma githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Agrostemma githago

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Agrostemma githago var. githago

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Agrostemma githago

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-13-001:

Agrostemma githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Agrostemma githago

 

COMMON NAME:
Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion


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image of Agrostemma githago var. githago, Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aggi_001_lvd

        

image of Agrostemma githago var. githago, Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_155

        

image of Agrostemma githago var. githago, Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_agrostemma_githago1

May    Moore County    NC

image of Agrostemma githago var. githago, Corncockle, Purple Cockle, Corn-campion

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_agrostemma_githago1b

May    Moore County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Agrostemma githago var. githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Agrostemma githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Agrostemma githago

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Agrostemma githago var. githago

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Agrostemma githago

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 071-13-001:
Agrostemma githago   FAMILY Caryophyllaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Agrostemma githago

 

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Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in Carolina Piedmont, rare in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-red
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-limbed corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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