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Caryophyllaceae

 5-Lychnis cyme

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The inflorescence of Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese Cross, is a more complex cyme. Note the tubular green tubes formed by the connate sepals.
Photograph by K.R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants growing in Champaign, Illinois.
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