What is this star-like delicate pink flower?

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This flower makes me stop and look at it and admire its strange combination of frailty and firmness.

Do you know the name of the flower?

The photo is from previous years, probably taken in mid-summer.

In someone's garden, but that garden is intentionally filled with wildflowers. I found Clarkia pulchella on the internet, it may be a cousin of this flower. @Bamboo — VividD, Mar 13, 2018 at 17:19

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It looks like Lychnis flos-cuculi, also known as ragged robin.

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answered Mar 13, 2018 at 17:38

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Yes, it is indeed looks like the one from the picture.
– VividD
Mar 13, 2018 at 17:53
And this is the second plant that I heard of with such rhythmic three-part name. The first was Crataegus crus-galli.
– VividD
Mar 13, 2018 at 17:56
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Hey Vivid - here's another rhythmic three-parter for you: Gleditsia triacanthos inermis (Honey Locust tree)
– Jurp
Mar 15, 2018 at 0:07
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What strange name. For me it is still Silene flos-cuculi (just added for reference). I would say it is not infrequent on not-manured open fields in Europe. I find also Adiantus capillus-veneris rhythmic (3 syllabi each, easy to pronounce).
– Giacomo Catenazzi
Mar 15, 2018 at 11:28

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