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ragged robin
(redirected from Lychnis flos-cuculi)

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ragged robin: see pink pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area) but with several genera indigenous to south temperate zones and high altitudes of tropical mountains.
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ragged robin
a caryophyllaceous plant, Lychnis floscuculi, native to Europe and Asia, that has pink or white flowers with ragged petals


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Leontodon autumnalis 2 Lychnis flos-cuculi 1 5 Poaceae 1 60 Potentilla erecta 8 15 Potentilla argentea 1 Prunella vulgaris 39 Ranunculus repens 11 136 WETLAND PLANTS Carex flava 1 1 Carex pseudocyperus 1 Carexspp.
They include ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, with blooms of deep pink or white and ragged petals; dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria, with silver-grey foliage and bright pink or white flowers; flower of Jove, Lychnis flos-jovis, which forms a mat of grey-green leaves and bears red, white or pink blooms and Lychnis chalcedonica, with clusters of scarlet flowers on stems up to 1.
Lychnis flos-cuculi `Jenny', is double-flowered form of the native perennial ragged robin, producing large fluffy pink flowers with a paler centre and white markings.
 
 
 
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