RAGGED-ROBIN
Silene Flos-cuculi
(formerly Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
Carnation & Campion Family [Caryophyllaceae] 
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Carnation & Campion Family [Caryophyllaceae]
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flower |
inner |
petals (20) |
stem |
| 3rd June 2010, ex-quarry pools, North Walney, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| From afar easily mistaken for the more ubiquitous Red Campion. |
| 23rd May 2008, Shell Island, North Wales Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| 17th June 2004, Consall Forge, Caldon Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| The raggedness of the inflorescences are readily apparent. |
| 23rd May 2008, Shell Island, North Wales Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| The calyxes are pink with red stripes and 5 pointed teeth. |
| 17th June 2004, Consall Forge, Caldon Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| 22nd June 2009, Storth, near Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| A newly opened specimen un-ravaged by wind or rain. There are but five petals, but so deeply cut to half-way as to look like twenty. |
| 22nd June 2009, Storth, near Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| 22nd June 2009, Storth, near Arnside, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
| There are 5 deeply cleft white inner parts to each flower protruding from the centre. |
| 23rd May 2008, Shell Island, North Wales Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
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Distinguishing feature: the five pinkish petals are deeply cleft into usually untidy narrow strips. Unlike Red Campion, Ragged Robin has the stamens and styles within the same flower. It grows in damp grassy fields, marshes, fens and wet meadows. The Genus Lychnis is now subsumed within the Genus Silene, thus Ragged Robin is now seen as a Campion. ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Silene |
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Carnation & Campion Family [Caryophyllaceae]
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