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ragged robin
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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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And there was joy in his voice for those buttercups growing in profusion along with ox-eye daisies, cowslips, meadow vetchling and ragged robins on the reclaimed Pickerings Meadow, rising from the salt marshes on the Widnes side of the Mersey.
Ragged robins do not die, Their souls ascend beyond the sky, Then magically one morn, return reborn, To bloom where robins lie.
The cutting garden behind the garage features the flowers Chestina loved to use in bouquets and arrangements: phlox drummondii, snapdragons, hollyhocks, "Shirley" poppies, ragged robins, tiger lilies.
 
 
 
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