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Anagallis arvensis

(Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Adders Eyes, Bird´s-Eye, Pimpernel, Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass, Red Chickweed, Scarlet Pimpernel, Shepherd´s-Clock, Shepherd´s-Weatherglass

Common Names in French:

Buglosse Des Champs, Mouron Des Champs

Common Names in German:

Ackergauchheil

Common Names in Romanian:

Scânteiuţă, Scînteiuţă, Scinteuta

Common Names in Spanish:

Murajes

Description

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Genus Anagallis

Herbs annual , biennial, or perennial , usually glabrous . Stems erect to decumbent . Leaves opposite or alternate, rarely verticillate , short petiolate to sessile, margin entire. Flowers solitary, axillary , 5-merous. Calyx parted nearly to base ; lobes spreading . Corolla blue, red, or white, rotate or infundibuliform ; tube very short or obsolete ; lobes contorted in bud. Stamens attached at base of corolla; filaments usually pubescent ; anthers ellipsoid , apex obtuse , dorsifixed . Ovary ovoid ; style filiform ; stigma obtuse. Capsule globose , circumscissile, many seeded.

Approximately 28 species distributed throughout the temperate zone in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America; one species occurs in China.[1]

Physical Description

Species Anagallis arvensis

Herbs annual or biennial, 10--30 cm tall. Stems quadrangular , short winged on ridges , usually branched from base . Leaves opposite, occasionally in whorls of 3, sessile, ovate to narrowly ovate, 7--18(--25) X 3--12(--15) mm, minutely glandular punctate mainly abaxially, base subrounded, margin entire, apex obtuse or acute. Pedicel recurved in fruit, 2--3 cm. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 3.5--6 mm, hyaline margined , apex long acuminate, costate . Corolla blue or red, rotate, 4--6 mm, parted nearly to base; lobes obovate-elliptic, 2.7--3 mm wide, margin entire to denticulate . Stamens 1/3--1/2 as long as corolla; filaments pubescent . Style ca. 1.5 mm. Capsule ca. 3.5 mm in diam. 2n = 22, 28, 40@. [source]

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Cultivated areas, wasteland, roadsides[2].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,107 meters (0 to 16,755 feet).[3]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Biennial

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : Mill . Publication : Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2 1768 [16 Apr 1768]A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Publishing author: L. Publication: Amoen. Acad., 4: 479 (1759); vide Stearn in Pressler. Festschr Claus Nissen 635(1973 publ. 1974). Publishing author: Gouan Publication: Flora Monspeliaca 1764 (Dec. 1764)An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:148. 1753

Name verified on 27-Apr-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Anagallis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 160 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aberdarica · A. acuminata · A. alba · A. alternifolia · A. alternifolia Cav. var. repens (d'Urv.) R.Knuth · A. alternifolia var. angustifolia · A. alternifolia var. minor · A. alternifolia var. parvula · A. alternifolia var. repens · A. alternifolia var. tenelliformis · A. amplexicaulis · A. angustifolia · A. angustiloba · A. aquatica · A. arabica · A. arvense · A. arvensis (Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass) · A. arvensis arvensis (Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass) · A. arvensis arvensis f. azurea · A. arvensis L. var. azurea (Hyl.) Marsden & Weiss · A. arvensis L. var. caerulea (L.) Gouan forma azurea · A. arvensis coerulea (Scarlet Pimpernel) · A. arvensis f. arvensis · A. arvensis f. azurea · A. arvensis f. caerulea · A. arvensis f. phoenicea · A. arvensis foemina (Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass) · A. arvensis phoenicea · A. arvensis subsp. arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel) · A. arvensis subsp. foemina (Poorman's Weatherglass) · A. arvensis subsp. phoenicea · A. arvensis var. arvensis (Poor-Man´s-Weatherglass) · A. arvensis var. latifolia · A. arvensis var. phoenicea · A. associata · A. barbata · A. baumii · A. bella · A. brevipes · A. caerulea · A. capensis · A. carnea · A. centunculus · A. churiensis · A. 'Cinnamon' (Pimpernel) · A. coerulea · A. collina · A. crassifolia · A. deccanensis · A. dekindtiana · A. djalonis · A. doerfieri · A. elegantula · A. ellenbeckii · A. filifolia · A. filiformis · A. flava · A. foemina · A. foemina foemina (Poorman's Weatherglass) · A. fruticosa · A. gmelini · A. gracilipes · A. grandiflora · A. granvikii · A. hanningtonii · A. hexamera · A. hispanica · A. huerneri · A. huttoni · A. huttonii · A. indica · A. iraruensis · A. jacquemontii · A. joannis · A. keniensis · A. kigesiensis · A. kilimandscharica · A. kingaensis · A. kochii · A. latifolia · A. linifolia · A. longicaulis · A. lusitanica · A. maritima · A. mas · A. meyeri · A. meyeri-johannis · A. micrantha · A. minima (Chaffweed) · A. monelli (Flaxleaf Pimpernel) · A. monellii (Flaxleaf Pimpernel) · A. monellii Blue Compact = 'Wesanacomp' · A. monellii 'Blue Light' (Blue Pimpernel) · A. monellii 'Caerulea' · A. monellii 'Gentian Blue' · A. monellii linifolia · A. monellii linifolia 'Blue Light' · A. monellii 'Phillipii' · A. monellii red · A. monellii 'Skylover' (Blue Pimpernel)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Anagallis". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 79. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Anagallis arvensis". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 79. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  3. Mean = 143.390 meters (470.440 feet), Standard Deviation = 250.630 based on 14,384 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009