Agrostemma githago L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Corncockle
🇫🇷 Nielle des blés, Lychnis nielle, Lychnide nielle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Agrostemma
Species: Agrostemma githago

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with A. brachyloba (Fenzl) K.Hammer, 1982, whose flowers have sepals the same length or shorter than the corolla, while those of A. githago have sepals longer than the corolla.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. githago subsp. githago L., 1753, P;
A. githago subsp. thessalum (Bornm.) Greuter, 1995.

Photographs

img/agrostemma-githago.webp — *Agrostemma githago*

img/agrostemma-githago-2.webp — *Agrostemma githago*

img/agrostemma-githago-3.webp — *Agrostemma githago* - Leaves and flower bud

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 628). Biotope.