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Keywords: Myrsinaceae | Anagallis arvensis L. | Penafiel, Portugal

Anagallis arvensis

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Today's photograph is courtesy of our friends at Dias com árvores, especially Paulo Araújo and Maria Carvalho. Paulo shared the photograph on the BPotD Submissions forum here with mention that it would subsequently be blogged on Dias com árvores, which Maria did: The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Read more about scarlet pimpernel on Wikipedia, Missouri Plants and Plants for a Future database.

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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at May 4, 2007 12:00 AM

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Anagallis arvensis - Z7 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Anagallis arvensis - hardy to Z7 and not frost tender - Plants For A Future database

Posted by: Beverley at May 4, 2007 8:11 AM

Wow, the colours are stunning!

Posted by: Meighan at May 4, 2007 9:13 AM

Described elsewhere as an annual. One that popped up here once didn't persist. The small flowers are solitary and do not make a show. They also open only during bright conditions.

Posted by: Ron B at May 4, 2007 9:56 AM

This photo,like so many other Botany Photos of the Day, is stunningly beautiful. Thank you!!!!
Earl B.

Posted by: Earl Blackstock at May 4, 2007 3:17 PM

Phenominal! I love how the pollen has dusted off on the petal... Such a swirl of stunning sunset hues!

Posted by: elizabeth at May 4, 2007 5:28 PM

Anagalis arvensis belongs to the Primulaceae family and not Myrsinaceae; moreover the flower colour is bright blue.

Posted by: dr. vaneet jishtu at May 4, 2008 11:24 PM

Myrsinaceae via the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.

Re: the flower colour - some cultivars, perhaps, are that colour, but in English the common name is scarlet pimpernel, implying the colour above.

Posted by: Daniel Mosquin Author Profile Page at May 12, 2008 12:35 PM

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