Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agrostemma githago L. [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrostemma githago	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cockle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
corn cockle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
corn-campion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
corn-pink	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewöhnliche kornrade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
joio-venenoso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
klätt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nielle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nigela-dos-trigais	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agrostemma githago f. exilis Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1911: 56 (1911).
Agrostemma githago var. killiasii Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens, n.f., 29: 56 (1884-1885 publ. 1886).
Agrostemma githago var. linicola (Terechov) K.Hammer Kulturpflanze 30: 51 (1982).
Agrostemma githago var. macrospermum (Levina) K.Hammer Kulturpflanze 30: 51 (1982).
Agrostemma githago var. microcalyx Döll Fl. Baden: 1232 (1862).
Agrostemma githago var. minor Cout. Fl. Portugal: 213 (1913).
Agrostemma githago var. nicaeense Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 805 (1799).
Agrostemma githago var. nicaeensis (Pers.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 3: 88 (1896).
Agrostemma gitthago Retz. Fl. Scand. Prodr.: 86 (1779).
Agrostemma hirsutum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 559 (1812).
Agrostemma hirsutum Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 173 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Agrostemma infestum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 340 (1796).
Agrostemma linicola Terechov Trudy Prikl. Bot. 25: 283 (1930-1931 publ. 1931).
Agrostemma macrospermum Levina Index Seminum (VOR, Voronegensis) 2: 30 (1939).
Agrostemma nicaeense Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 519 (1805).
Githago nicaeensis Link Diss. Bot.: 62 (1795).
Githago segetalis St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880).
Githago segetum Link Diss. Bot.: 62 (1795).
Githago segetum var. nanum Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 356 (1916).
Lychnis agrostemma Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. 2: 184 (1830).
Lychnis githago (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 310 (1771).
Lychnis githago var. nicaensis DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 5: 764 (1805).
Lychnis segetalis St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 113 (1889).
Lychnis segetum Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 50 (1779).
Silene githago (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 121 (1901).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agrostemma githago	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Agrostemma githago L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Agrostemma githago L. var. githago	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Agrostemma githago Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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