Agrostemma githago L. var. githago [X]

En: purple cockle, common corncockle
Fr: nielle des blés, agrostemme githago
Provincial Status: X [excluded]
Range: Europe; an agricultural weed, intr. in NB-SK; historical intr. in Nfld., not persistent.

              [=Lychnis githago (L.) Scop.]
              [=Lychnis agrostemma Ledeb.]
              [=Silene githago (L.) E.H.L.Krause]

[Scoggan (1978) mentions Waghorne's 1895 report of Agrostemma githago from Nfld., also included in Rouleau's 1978 NL checklist, but no specimens of Agrostemma githago have been reported in recent years; this species is now excluded from the NL flora.]

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