Agrostemma githago
Agrostemma githago var. githago
common corn-cockle, corn campion, nielle
common corn-cockle, corn campion
blades 4–15 cm.
of solitary, axillary flowers.
5–20 cm.
calyx 2.5–6.2 cm;
tube 1.2–1.7 cm, spreading-pilose;
lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.2–4.5 cm;
petals purplish red to pink (rarely white), unspotted, 1.5–4 cm, equaling or shorter than calyx lobes.
16–24 mm.
3–4 mm wide.
= 48 (Europe).
Agrostemma githago
Agrostemma githago var. githago
Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).
Formerly a common weed of grain fields, Agrostemma githago is becoming increasingly scarce, both in North America and in its native environs in Europe (R. Svensson and M. Wigren 1986). Mechanical screening of grain, which removes contaminants, and modern herbicides have more or less eliminated the plant from grain fields in the flora. The saponin-containing seeds, occurring as contaminants in grain, are poisonous to livestock, birds, and humans. This species is sometimes cultivated in flower gardens.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Historical collections are known from British Columbia (1915) and Newfoundland (1890).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
- Local floras:
BC, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites:
CalFlora, CalPhotos, 
Flora NW, 
Go Botany, 
IL Wildflowers, 
KS Wildflowers, 
LA Plants, 
MD Biodiversity, 
MI Flora, 
MN Wildflowers, 
MO Plants, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
- Local floras: CA, OR, WA
- Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, IL Wildflowers, KS Wildflowers, LA Plants, MD Biodiversity, MI Flora, MN Wildflowers, MO Plants, PNW Herbaria
- WildflowerSearch
- iNaturalist (observations)
- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
