Corncockle
Agrostemma githago
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Wild flowers
Striking five-petaled single mauve flowers with white centre born on long sparsely leafed stem. Leaves narrow and strap-like. Annual.
In wild flower borders and semi-cultivated ground. Not common and seen only in early years of wildflower border after seeding.