Plant ID

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  July 2018

  Buttercupdays said:

  Have a look at Silene coeli...
  

  I've been looking at Silenes, I think that's close

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

  July 2018

  Corncockle is Agrostemma githago, not Silene!
  

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• ju1i3 Posts: 189

  July 2018

  That's common corncockle. A synonym for that silene is Agrostemma coeli-rosa 

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  July 2018

  but common Corncockle is Agrostemma githago, not A. coeli-rosa and has those pointy 'leaves' round the flowers

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• ju1i3 Posts: 189

  July 2018

  I was saying common corncockle is Agrostemma githago. 
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  July 2018

  but the plant in the ID request isn't A. githago

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• ju1i3 Posts: 189

  July 2018

  ju1i3 said:

  That silene is a corncockle and it looks right to me.

  I agreed with Buttercupdays that it's Silene coeli-rosa, synonym Agrostemma coeli-rosa, a corncockle not common corncockle but a corncockle. Is that outdated now? It certainly was considered a corncockle at one time and still seems to have that synonym.  
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  July 2018

  I've never heard a common name for this one but Googled and found 'Rose of Heaven'

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  July 2018

  As requested by Papi Jo we have taken another picture of the flower which I had just watered very carefully - there are a few flowers, so we have taken it of a different one, you can see the slim pointy flower buds (not the big hairy poppy bud), which I hope will help in the identification.  It is such a delicate flower I am sure that IF it rains the poor thing will be finished.
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  July 2018

  Thanks for the much better photo, @Guernsey Donkey2 which confirms the ID given by @Buttercupdays.

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