Scarlet Pimpernel
Scientific Name:Anagallis arvensis


NOTES: Low-growing, square-stemmed annual with oval, pointed leaves, black-dotted underneath. Often grows along roadsides.

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Scarlet Pimpernel
Genus species: Anagallis arvensis
Common Name: Scarlet Pimpernel
Family Name: Primulaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves various, simple and entire in most; flowers bisexual, regular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule with free central placentation.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Pink/Red
Orange
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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