Primaterra

Lychnis flos-cuculi

Common name

Ragged robin

Habitat

Humid or wet meadows, swamps, river borders, marshes and wet forests; often on peat or soil rich in mineral elements.

Characteristics

Foliage: Herbaceous. Plant in loose brunches, to thin erected stems, beardless or a bit hairy. Leaves opposite. On the base spatulate to ovate, on top linear-lanceolate, pointed.

Flowers: 30-40 mm of diametre, consisting of five petals each divided into four long fingers, with sepals welded in a tube with 10 purple veins and five teeth. Colour alive crimson rose, rarely white. All flowers hermaphrodite.

This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds.