Agrostemma githago

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Agrostemma

Herbs, annual . Taproots stout. Stems simple or branched, terete . Leaves connate proximally into sheath , sessile; blade 1-veined or obscurely 3-veined, linear to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal , lax cymes or of solitary, mostly axillary flowers; bracts, when present, paired , foliaceous ; involucel bracteoles absent. Pedicels erect . Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and pistillate ; sepals connate proximally into tube , 25-62 mm; tube green, 10-veined, cylindric to ovoid , terete, commissures between sepals 1-veined, herbaceous; lobes green, 1-veined, linear-lanceolate, [shorter or] longer than tube, often equaling or longer than petals, margins green, herbaceous, apex acute; petals 5, purplish red or white, clawed, auricles absent, coronal appendages absent, blade apex obtuse , entire or briefly emarginate ; nectaries near bases of filaments opposite sepals; stamens 10, 5 adnate to petals, 5 at base of gynoecium; filaments distinct ; staminodes absent; styles (4-) 5, clavate , 10-12 mm, with dense, stiffly ascending hairs proximally; stigmas (4-) 5, subterminal , papillate (30×). Capsules ovoid, opening by (4-) 5 ascending teeth; carpophore absent. Seeds ca. 30-60, black, reniform , laterally compressed , tuberculate , marginal wing absent, appendage absent; embryo peripheral, curved . x = 12.

Species 2: introduced ; Eurasia ; introduced worldwide.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,473 meters (0 to 8,114 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 9-12" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Lychnis githago (Linnaeus) Scopoli

Notes

Publishing author : Retz. Publication : Fl. Scand. 86 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:435. 1753

Name verified on 21-Nov-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Agrostemma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 55 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. alpina · A. apetala · A. banksia · A. brachyloba (Narrow Corncockle) · A. brachyloba 'Queen Mixed' · A. brachylobum · A. bungeana · A. coeli · A. coeli-rosa · A. coeli-rosea · A. coeli rosa · A. coronaria · A. coronarium · A. corsica · A. dioica · A. diversifolium · A. fimbriata · A. flos-cuculi · A. flos-jovis · A. fulgens · A. gihago · A. githafo · A. githago (Common Corncockle) · A. githago 'Contessa Pale Pink' (Corn Cockle) · A. githago 'Milas' (Corn Cockle) · A. githago 'Milas Purple Queen' · A. githago 'Milas Rose Queen' · A. githago 'Milos' · A. githago 'Ocean Pearl' (Corn Cockle) · A. githago 'Purple Queen' (Corn Cockle) · A. githago subsp. thessalum · A. githago thessalum · A. githago var. brachycarpa · A. githago var. githago · A. githago var. linicolum · A. gracile · A. gracilis · A. hirsuta · A. infesta · A. inflata · A. involucratum · A. laeta · A. linicola · A. lusitanica · A. macrospermum · A. moultonii · A. nicaeensis · A. nivalis · A. parviflora · A. perennans · A. pyrenaica · A. sibirica · A. suecica · A. sylvestris · A. triflora

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Notes

Contributors

• "Agrostemma githago". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Botany
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2646535
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-20230
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13534717
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95561-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 1917
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 20230
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 150316-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDCAR02010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AGGI
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20273

Footnotes

1. John W. Thieret "Agrostemma". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 159.450 meters (523.130 feet), Standard Deviation = 228.630 based on 2,554 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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