Corncockle  (Agrostemma githago)

The large, black seeds of the corncockle give an unpleasant taste to bread, and the plant was consequently persecuted as a pest (6). Improvements in farming techniques between the World Wars allowed the seeds to be separated from imported and UK harvested grain (9). With the additional pressure of herbicides this species has been eliminated from the countryside (6).

No conservation action has been targeted at this species.