Agrostemma githago
Also known as Corncockle, common corn-cockle
species of plant
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Agrostemma githago, commonly known as corn cockle, is a flowering plant species that historically grew as a weed in grain fields across Europe and Asia. It matters because it nearly went extinct due to modern farming practices that eliminated it from cultivated areas, making it now a subject of botanical conservation interest.
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Species
Agrostemma githago
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Native toAlbania, Bulgaria, East Aegean Is., Greece, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus
Common Name: corn cockle
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Article
Agrostemma githago, the common corn-cockle (also written "corncockle"), is a herbaceous annual flowering plant a member of Caryophyllaceae, also called the pink family or the carnation family of plants. The name of this genus is derived from Greek: agros (ἀγρός) “field” and stemma (στέμμα) “garland, crown."
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