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Lychins floscuculi, Lychnis flos-cuculi, cuckoo flower, ragged robin
common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
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Lychins chalcedonica, maltese cross, scarlet lychnis
Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
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Lychnis coronaria, dusty miller, gardener's delight, mullein pink, rose campion
an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers