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    • Agrostemma

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Observer

anita363

Date

Jun 18, 2008 12:45 PM EDT

Description

Sure enough: growing next to a cornfield. 2.3 cm across

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Description from Wikipedia

Agrostemma is a genus of annual plants in the Caryophyllaceae family, containing the species known as corncockles. Its best-known member is A. githago, the Common Corncockle, which is a native of Europe where it is simply called "the Corncockle". The species is a weed of cereals and other crops, probably with a centre of origin in the eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays declining in its native range because of improved seed cleaning, it is found as a weed...

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