Agrostemma brachyloba
Common Corncockle
Agrostemma githago
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- Botanical name
- Agrostemma githago
- Also known as
- Cockle, Common Corncockle, Corn Cockle, Corn-Campion, Corn-Pink, Corncockle, Purple Cockle
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Agrostemma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Corncockle
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Agrostemma githago but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Agrostemma githago var. githago
Agrostemma githago var. linicola
Agrostemma githago var. macrospermum
Agrostemma gitthago
Agrostemma hirsuta
Agrostemma hirsuta
Agrostemma linicola
Agrostemma macrospermum
Agrostemma nicaeensis
Githago nicaeensis
Githago segetalis
Githago segetum
Githago segetum var. nanum
Lychnis githago
Others in Agrostemma
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