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CORNCOCKLE Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 70cm. Distinctive, downy annual. Associated with arable fields. FLOWERS are 30-45mm across, with 5 pinkish purple petals and long, narrow and radiating sepals (May-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow and grass-like. STATUS-Formerly widespread and common but now extremely scarce and erratic because of agricultural herbicides.
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CORNCOCKLE Agrostemma githago (Caryophyllaceae) Height to 70cm. Distinctive, downy annual. Associated with arable fields. FLOWERS are 30-45mm across, with 5 pinkish purple petals and long, narrow and radiating sepals (May-Aug). FRUITS are capsules. LEAVES are narrow and grass-like. STATUS-Formerly widespread and common but now extremely scarce and erratic because of agricultural herbicides.