Silene flos-cuculi (L.) Greuter & Burdet, 1982

Common names

🇬🇧 Ragged Robin
🇫🇷 Lychnide fleur-de-coucou, Lychnis fleur-de-coucou, Fleur-de-coucou, Œil-de-perdrix

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Tribe: Sileneae
Genus: Silene
Species: Silene flos-cuculi

Presence

Present.

Photographs

img/silene-flos-cuculi.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-2.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-3.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-5.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-7.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-6.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi*

img/silene-flos-cuculi-4.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi* - Leaves

Anomalies

A double-flowered individual found in the field. After further verification, this individual, as well as another one found in the same area, did not produce any seeds and therefore appears to be completely sterile.

A similar-looking cultivar is marketed under the name ‘Jenny’.

img/silene-flos-cuculi-anomaly.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi* - Double-flowered individual

img/silene-flos-cuculi-anomaly-2.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi* - Double-flowered individual

img/silene-flos-cuculi-anomaly-3.webp — *Silene flos-cuculi* - Double-flowered individual

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 643). Biotope.