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Silene gallica
A herbaceous plant with five-petalled deep pink/maroon flowers. The flower stalks stood upright about a foot off the ground. Leaves long and obovate, clustered around the nodes. Plant had long internodes.
growing wild on a grassy verge. This plant is native to Eurasia but is seen in other countries in temperate zones.
My thanks go to DespinaTsafetopoulou for the ID.
Spotted on Nov 15, 2012
Submitted on Nov 17, 2012
