Anther Smut / Leimkraut Brand / Ustilago violacea

After lots of searching what variety of campion those beautiful flowers might be, I discovered that it is a Sea Campion that just got some sort of weed STD. :( / Nach langer suche was diese wunderschoene Lichtnelken oder Leimkrautart wohl sein mag, stellte ich fest, das arme Ding hat lediglich eine Art Bluemchentripper :o(

Google picture search lead me to this:
https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.01.08
Once I had a latin name and lots of difficult science talk with it, I found that article, humorful and a bit understandable for regular people:
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/ww0404.htm



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