Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 24

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-COMMON_NAMES-Rose Cockle, Champion,
Rose Champion, Catchfly, Dusty Miller
-GENUS-Agrostemma 
-SPECIES-Agrostemma coronaria
-CLASS-Decandria
-ORDER-Pentagynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Lychnis 
-MODERN_SPECIES-Lychnis coronaria
-MODERN_FAMILY-Caryophyllaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-biennial or short lived perennial
-COLOR-white and pale pink
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION-SE Europe
-ZONE-4

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-J. Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0021.PCD