Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Caryophyllaceae > Silene > Silene flos-cuculiSilene flos-cuculi (ragged robin)Synonyms: Agrostemma flos-cuculi (homotypic); Agrostemma flos-cuculi var. albiflora; Agrostemma flos-cuculi var. flore-pleno; Agrostemma lusitanica; Coccyganthe flos-cuculi (homotypic); Coccyganthe pratensis; Coccyganthe tragi; Coronaria flos-cuculi (homotypic); Coronaria flos-cuculi f. eglutinosa; Floscuculi pratense; Floscuculii pratense; Lychnis coccugosantha; Lychnis cyrilli; Lychnis cyrillii; Lychnis flos-cuculi (homotypic); Lychnis flos-cuculi cyrilli; Lychnis flos-cuculi f. albiflora; Lychnis flos-cuculi f. eglutinosa; Lychnis flos-cuculi f. major; Lychnis flos-cuculi f. suboblongifolia; Lychnis flos-cuculi f. valida; Lychnis flos-cuculi flos-cuculi; Lychnis flos-cuculi var. albiflora; Lychnis flos-cuculi var. congesta; Lychnis flos-cuculi var. latifolia; Lychnis flos-cuculi var. parviflora; Lychnis flos-cuculi var. viridiflora; Lychnis laciniata; Lychnis laciniflora; Lychnis lusitanica; Lychnis plumaria; Lychnis quadridentata (heterotypic); Melandrium flos-cuculi; Silene cuculi Lychnis flos-cuculi, commonly called Ragged-Robin, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is species is native to Europe, where it is found along roads and in wet meadows and pastures. In Britain it has declined in numbers because of modern farming techniques and draining of wet-lands and is no longer common. However, Lychnis flos-cuculi has become naturalized in parts of the northern United States and eastern Canada and has been listed as potentially invasive in some areas. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Bassegi Zapovednik |
Ia |
93739 |
Perm, Russia |
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Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Berchtesgaden Alps National Park |
II |
51433 |
Germany |
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Berlinchener See, Berlinchener Luch |
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900 |
Germany |
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Bialowieza National Park |
II |
11126 |
Poland |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cairnsmore of Fleet, Silver Flowe, and Merrick Kells Biosphere Reserve |
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8794 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands |
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354692 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Coetiroedd Cwm Elan/ Elan Valley Woodlands |
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1086 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Craven Limestone Complex |
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13166 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cwm Cadlan |
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207 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dammer Moor |
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420 |
Germany |
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Dolina Górnego Nurca |
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9872 |
Poland |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Drahendorfer Spreeniederung |
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1528 |
Germany |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Gadsdorfer Torfstiche und Luderbusch |
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226 |
Germany |
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Galichia Gora Zapovednik |
Ia |
568 |
Lipetsk, Russia |
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Ingleborough Complex |
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14256 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Klautzke-See und Waldmoore mit Kobbelke |
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812 |
Germany |
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Königsgraben und Schleuse Mellensee |
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105 |
Germany |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lietzen/Döbberin |
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1111 |
Germany |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Maxsee |
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863 |
Germany |
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Moncapricesee |
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281 |
Germany |
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Müggelspreeniederung |
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1558 |
Germany |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pennine Moors |
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254789 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Oberes Temnitztal |
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135 |
Germany |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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Roman Wall Loughs |
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1691 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Rum |
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26775 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Schaalsee |
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Germany |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Spreebögen bei Briescht |
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272 |
Germany |
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Strathglass Complex |
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58277 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tsentral'no-Lesnoy Biosphere Reserve |
Ia |
62630 |
Russia |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Wehrdamm/Mellensee/Kleiner Wünsdorfer See |
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1725 |
Germany |
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Wilder Berg bei Seelow |
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201 |
Germany |
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Windsor Forest and Great Park |
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4169 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Zhuvintas Zapovednik |
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18223 |
Lithuania |
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Zützener Busch |
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231 |
Germany |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6Ecology of Commanster♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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