Anagallis latifoliaForssk. [family PRIMULACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Anagallis arvensisL. [family PRIMULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1984
Related name
Lysimachia adoensis
Anagallis atrovirens
Anagallis amoena
Asterolinon adoense
Anagallis latifolia
Anagallis monelli
Anagallis foemina
Anagallis capensis
Anagallis dorfleri
Anagallis arvensis
Common name
common pimpernell, scarlet pimpernell, shepherd’s clock, poor man’s weather-glass; cure-all., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Scarlet pimpernel, Flora of North America Vol. 8
mouron rouge, Flora of North America Vol. 8
Flora
Entry for ANAGALLIS arvensis L. [family PRIMULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by P. Cuccuini (Anagallis, Coris, Primula and Samolus) and M. Thulin (Cyclamen) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Annual herb; stems ascending, 4-winged, up to 40 cm or more long. Leaves opposite and decussate or rarely whorled, elliptic, ovate or obovate, 0.4–2.5 x 0.5–1 cm, acute at the apex, subcordate at the base, sessile. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 1–3 cm long, first erect, elongating and recurved in fruit. Calyx 4–6 mm long; lobes 5, linear to narrowly lanceolate. Corolla rotate, up to 1 cm or more in diam., blue (mostly in Somalia), red or pink; lobes united at base, fringed with stalked glands. Stamens with bearded filaments; anthers acute. Capsule 3–6 mm in diam., many-seeded.
Range
N1–3 native in the Mediterranean region and western Europe, now widespread in temperate regions of both hemispherestropical highlands.
Altitude range
830–2060 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Collenette 350; Warfa 1043; Thulin 11003.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Socotra
Notes
A. arvensis is sometimes subdivided into subsp. arvensis and subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz & Thell. If so, the Somali plants are subsp. arvensis.
