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
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Read more about Agrostemma at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aggi_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_155
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_agrostemma_githago1
May Moore County NC
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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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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p258
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p054
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p076
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p039
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