Scarlet Pimpernel Lysimachia arvensis (P. Miller) U. Manns & A. AnderbergNon-native    Synonyms: Anagallis arvensis, Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Pimpernel, Poor Man's Weather Glass.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Primulales   >   Family Primulaceae   >   Genus Lysimachia   

Status:

"Naturalized from Europe; a common weed in cultivated places" (Reed, 1964).

Description:

Synonym "Poor Man's Weather Glass" refers to flowers typically only opening when sunny.

There are 218 records in the project database.

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Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/8/2016). Photo by Bonnie Bell. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Howard Co., Maryland (6/1/2013). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2013). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Kent Co., Maryland (6/4/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/28/2021). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jane Kostenko. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Howard Co., Maryland (7/14/2014). Photo by Jim Wilkinson. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (6/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Kent Co., Maryland (6/19/2021). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/3/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Scarlet Pimpernel in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/18/1982). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/15/2019). Photo by Judy Gallagher. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/8/2014). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel blooming in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/28/2014). Photo by Tami Elizabeth Bentz. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Kent Co., Maryland (6/1/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/29/2017). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Scarlet Pimpernel growing in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2013). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)


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