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(Redirected from Scarlet pimpernel)
The 'Scarlet pimpernel' ('Red pimpernel', 'Red chickweed', 'Poor man's barometer', 'Shepherd's weather glass', or 'Shepherd's clock'; ''Anagallis arvensis'') is a low-growing, annual plant in the family Myrsinaceae, growing in Europe, Asia and North America.
The barometer (weather glass) common names have their origin in the fact that the flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and bad weather is approaching.
This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils.
The stems are about 45 cm long and generally prostrate. The bright green ovate sessile leaves grow opposite. The small orange flowers grow in the leaf axils from spring till autumn. The petal margin is somewhat crenate.
The subspecies ''Anagallis arvensis'' ssp. ''foemina'' has bright, deep blue flowers. Many botanist consider it a species on its own, namely ''Anagallis foemina''.
It is most noted for being the emblem of the fictional hero ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''.
In the film "," "I'll make him squeal like my scarlet pimpernel" is a euphemism the devil uses for raping Kyle. It is rhymed with "I'm gonna fill him with my hot demon gel."
★ Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, Blanchan, Neltje, , , Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2005,
★ Harvey Wickes Felter and John Uri Lloyd (1898) ''King's American Dispensatory''.
★ Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s.l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology, Mari Källersjö, Gullevi Bergqvist and Arne A. Anderberg, , , American Journal of Botany, 2000 (full pdf.text)
★ Molecular Phylogeny of Anagallis (Myrsinaceae) Based on ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF Sequence Data, Ulrika Manns and Arne A. Anderberg, , , International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2005
★ Connecticut Botanical Society: ''Anagallis arvensis''
★ USDA Plants Profile: ''Anagallis arvensis''
The 'Scarlet pimpernel' ('Red pimpernel', 'Red chickweed', 'Poor man's barometer', 'Shepherd's weather glass', or 'Shepherd's clock'; ''Anagallis arvensis'') is a low-growing, annual plant in the family Myrsinaceae, growing in Europe, Asia and North America.
The barometer (weather glass) common names have their origin in the fact that the flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and bad weather is approaching.
This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils.
The stems are about 45 cm long and generally prostrate. The bright green ovate sessile leaves grow opposite. The small orange flowers grow in the leaf axils from spring till autumn. The petal margin is somewhat crenate.
The subspecies ''Anagallis arvensis'' ssp. ''foemina'' has bright, deep blue flowers. Many botanist consider it a species on its own, namely ''Anagallis foemina''.
It is most noted for being the emblem of the fictional hero ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''.
In the film "," "I'll make him squeal like my scarlet pimpernel" is a euphemism the devil uses for raping Kyle. It is rhymed with "I'm gonna fill him with my hot demon gel."
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References
★ Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, Blanchan, Neltje, , , Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2005,
★ Harvey Wickes Felter and John Uri Lloyd (1898) ''King's American Dispensatory''.
★ Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s.l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology, Mari Källersjö, Gullevi Bergqvist and Arne A. Anderberg, , , American Journal of Botany, 2000 (full pdf.text)
★ Molecular Phylogeny of Anagallis (Myrsinaceae) Based on ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF Sequence Data, Ulrika Manns and Arne A. Anderberg, , , International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2005
External Links
★ Connecticut Botanical Society: ''Anagallis arvensis''
★ USDA Plants Profile: ''Anagallis arvensis''
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