Biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis.
Sinônimos
Examples for "red campion"
Examples for "red campion"
1Every now and then she swerved aside to pick the red campion.
2My hands were full of sweet may, red campion, and other native field-blossoms, which had introduced themselves to me anonymously.
3More common interlopers are cut some slack, too: cow parsley, red campion and buttercups may be glimpsed here and there.
4"Oh, Robin-- "Herfingers loosened in her dismay; she went dropping red campion.
5"Yes," she said, "that's where the dark- red campion grows."
1They do not occur in male Lychnis dioica, but next spring I will look to male holly flowers.
2I have seen Rhingia rostrata acting in this manner with the flowers of Lychnis dioica, Ajuga reptans, and Vici sepium.