| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Through most of the state, except scarce in the middle and outer Coastal Plain and uncommon in the Mountains.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. essentially throughout the US and southern Canada. | |
| Abundance | Fairly common to common in the Piedmont; uncommon to infrequent in the Mountains and Sandhills, but rare to uncommon in the Coastal Plain. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, near abandoned homes, fields, disturbed soil. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-July. | |
| Identification | Corncockle grows mostly 1-2 feet tall (to rarely 3 feet tall) with pilose stems and well-spaced pairs of narrow, acuminate leaves. The flowers are solitary or few together, magenta to rosy pink and backed by 5 long sepals -- large and reminiscent of that of a Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum). Each petal is slightly notched. It is one of the more attractive alien species in bloom in the state, and thankfully it seldom becomes an aggressive weed. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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