Anagallis monelli
Sp. Pl. 1: 148. 1753 ,.
Common names: Flaxleaf or Mediterranean pimpernel
Synonyms: Anagallis linifolia Linnaeus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 306.
Plants perennial. Stems erect or ascending, 1–5 (–7) dm. Leaves opposite (whorled); blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate or elliptic, 8–15 (–20) × 2–6 mm. Pedicels ascending in fruit, 20–50 mm, longer than subtending leaf. Flowers: sepals 5, calyx divided to ca. 1/2, 4–6 mm, shorter than corolla, margins entire, narrowly scarious, apex acute to acuminate; petals 5, corolla blue or red, salverform (almost rotate) to slightly campanulate, 5–12 mm. Capsules 5–7 mm. Seeds 20–45.2n = 22 (Europe).
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Coastal sage scrub or dune swales
Elevation: 0-700 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Va., sw Europe, nw Africa
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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vegetative +
hypogynous +
dehiscent +
linear-lanceolate;lanceolate or elliptic +
shorter +
much longer +
lanceolate +
1/2 +
divided +
globose +
Flaxleaf or Mediterranean pimpernel +
red;blue +
starchless +
copious +
connate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
capsular +
circumscissile +
globose +
nectariferous +
absent +
axillary +
true +
monomorphic +
opposite +
cauline +
longer +
crenulate +
revolute +
scarious +
absent +
superior +
anatropous;campylotropous +
longer +
ascending +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate;proximally nearly distinct +
absent +
3-5-carpellate +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
absent +
absent +
fibrous +
angular +
20;45 +
papillate;alveolate +
angled +
green +
connate +
longitudinal +
absent +
usually capitate;truncate +
absent +
terminal +
rudimentary +
glabrous +
Anagallis monelli +
Anagallis +
species +
perennial +
glabrous +
not succulent +