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Old 09-07-2014, 01:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Wildflower or not?

On 07/07/2014 22:30, Compo in Caithness wrote:
I thought this was a wildflower but I can find it in any of my books or on teh internet. Anyone have any idea what it might be, please? It is about a foot tall and spindly.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-X...0253.JPG?gl=GB




As others have said, it's not the clearest picture, but I think it could
be Agrostemma githago, the Corncockle, so certainly a wildflower. It is
not as common as it once was, so worth encouraging.

http://www.arkive.org/corncockle/agrostemma-githago/

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