Anagallis arvensis L.

Common Name : Scarlet pimpernel
Family : Primulaceae

HABIT

A LOW-GROWING ANNUAL, UP TO 30 CM TALL.

STEMS

BRANCHING, DECUMBENT, REPENT, OR ERECT, HERBACEOUS, 4-ANGLED, GLABROUS TO PUBESCENT, SOMETIMES ROOTING AT THE NODES.

LEAVES

OPPOSITE, ENTIRE, SESSILE, OVATE, TO 2 CM LONG, 1.3 CM BROAD, CLASPING OR NOT, WITH BROWN SPECKLES BELOW, VARIOUSLY PUBESCENT, MARGINS SOME WHAT TUBERCULATE.

FLOWERS

SOLITARY FLOWERS ARISE FROM THE AREA BETWEEN THE STEM AND LEAVES (LEAF AXILS) AND OCCUR ON RELATIVELY LONG STALKS (PEDICELS); BRIGHT BLUE.

FRUITS

CAPSULE, GLOBOSE.

SEEDS

1.3 MM LONG, TRIGONOUS, BROWN.