Ragged Robin

(Lychnis flos-cuculi)

 

Color photograph: Homer D. House. 1918. Wildflowers of New York.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers pink (rarely white) with 5 petals. Petals each divided into 4 linear lobes giving flower a droopy, ragged appearance. Flowers arranged in small clusters atop the plant. Stems and leaves smooth. Leaves oblong, ovate, sessile to the stem. Plant 1 to 2 feet in height.

Distribution: Southeastern Canada, southward to New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Also occurs in the Pacific Northwest.

Habitat: Ragged Robin is a garden escape that has become established locally in fields, roadsides, and wet meadows.

Flowering period: June to July.

Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

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The pink, ragged appearing flowers are distinctive.

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