SCARLET PIMPERNEL
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Anagallis arvensis L.
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| Woodson County, Kansas |
| Annual, rarely perennial |
| Height: 4-18 inches |
| Family: Primulaceae - Primrose Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August |
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| Also Called: | | Poor-man's-weatherglass. | | Stems: | | Ascending to erect, branched from base; plants glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, usually opposite, sometimes whorled distally; blade ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, .1 to 1.2 inch long, .12 to .4 inch wide, margins entire, tip acute. | | Inflorescences: | | Usually axillary, flowers solitary. | | Flowers: | | Pedicels .12 to 1.4 inch; calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, .12 to .2 inch; corolla salmon, red, or blue, rotate, lobes 5, spreading, obovate, .12 to .25 inch, apex obtuse; stamens 5, exserted. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, spheric, .16 to .25 inch; seeds 12-45, brown, angled, minute. | | Habitat: | | Open disturbed sites, fields, and roadsides. | | Distribution: | | East 1/2 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Introduced | | Comments: | | The flowers close on cloudy days, thus the common name poor-man's weatherglass.
Anagallis - to laugh, alluding to supposed power to alleviate sadness. |
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