| Corn Cockle |
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| File size | 649894 |
| Original date | 2/19/06 4:55 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/111s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Agrostemma githago Family: Caryophyllaceae (Carnation family)
Corn Cockle is a hardy annual herb, 1-3 ft tall, with long appressed
grayish hairs. Leaves are linear or linear-lanceshaped, 4-13 cm x 5-10 mm,
midvein prominent, base slightly fused, tip pointed. Flower-stalks are very
long. Sepal-tube is 1.2-1.5 cm, below hairy; teeth 2-3 cm. Petals are
pink, 1.4-1.8 cm, shorter than sepals; obovate, notched.
Stamens and styles are protruding. Capsule is ovoid, 1.2-1.8 cm, slightly
longer than the sepal-cup. Seeds black, ovoid or kidney-shaped, 2.5-3 mm,
with prominent pointed tubercles. Corn Cockle is SE. & E. Europe to N. Iran.
Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in cultivation in Delhi & Shimla. |
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