View source for Anagallis ← Anagallis You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Anagallis |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 148. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 73. 1754 , }} |common_names=Pimpernel;poorman’s weatherglass |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Anagallis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Anagallis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek anagalao, to laugh, alluding to fabled power to alleviate sadness |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 302, 303, 306, 309 |treatment_page=page 305 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism texture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, not succulent, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="resin canal presence">resin canals usually present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizome presence"><b>Rhizomes </b>absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="root texture">roots fibrous or a taproot.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite, alternate, or whorled, monomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole usually absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape or vernation;apex shape;surface pubescence">blade usually ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, base mostly rounded to cuneate (or slightly cordate), margins mostly entire, sometimes minutely crenulate, usually slightly revolute, apex acute to obtuse or mucronulate, surfaces glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>usually axillary in distal leaves, solitary flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal coloration;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe length or size"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals (4–) 5, green, calyx lobes lanceolate, much longer than tube;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla shape;lobe length or size;apex shape;apex shape">petals (4–) 5, corolla white to pink, red, salmon, or blue, salverform (almost rotate) to slightly campanulate, lobes longer than tube, apex rounded or truncate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens (4–) 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments connate proximally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit some measurement;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, globose, 1–7 mm, dehiscence circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>5–45, dark-brown to reddish-brown, angled, papillate to alveolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed relief;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 10, 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies (Jamaica);Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa |discussion=<p>Centunculus Linnaeus; Micropyxis Duby</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 20 (4 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Anagallis tenella (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, the European bog pimpernel, was reported in the late 1800s from Saint Pierre and Miquelon; it was most likely a waif and is not included here. It can be distinguished by its perennial habit, procumbent stems, and pink, funnelform corollas.</p><!-- --><p>Anagallis foemina Miller, the European blue pimpernel, has been reported from western states; these reports are all based on blue-flowered forms of A. arvensis (see discussion there).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Calyces 3.5-6 mm, equaling or shorter than corollas; corollas (2-)3-12 mm |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Calyces 1.5-3 mm, equaling or longer than corollas; corollas 1.4-2.3 mm |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Plants annual (rarely perennial); pedicels recurved in fruit; calyces ± equaling corollas; corollas usually 3-7 mm. |[[Anagallis arvensis|Anagallis arvensis]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Plants perennial; pedicels ascending in fruit; calyces shorter than corollas; corollas 5-12 mm. |[[Anagallis monelli|Anagallis monelli]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Pedicels 2.5-4 mm. |[[Anagallis pumila|Anagallis pumila]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Pedicels absent or to 1 mm. |[[Anagallis minima|Anagallis minima]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Anagallis |author=Anita F. Cholewa |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Myrsinaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies (Jamaica);Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753; |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_611.xml |genus=Anagallis |apex shape=truncate;rounded;acute;obtuse or mucronulate |base shape=mostly rounded;cuneate |blade shape=usually ovate;elliptic or lanceolate |calyx lobe length or size=much longer |calyx lobe shape=lanceolate |corolla coloration=white;pink red salmon or blue |corolla shape=salverform;slightly campanulate |filament fusion=connate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit dehiscence=circumscissile |fruit shape=globose |fruit some measurement=1mm;7mm |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf architecture=monomorphic |leaf arrangement=whorled;alternate;whorled;alternate;opposite |leaf position=cauline |lobe length or size=longer |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin shape=crenulate |margin shape or vernation=revolute |pedicel presence=absent;absent |petal atypical quantity=4;5 |petal quantity=5 |petiole presence=absent |resin canal presence=absent |rhizome presence=absent |root texture=fibrous |seed coloration=dark-brown;reddish-brown |seed quantity=5;45 |seed relief=papillate;alveolate |seed shape=angled |sepal atypical quantity=4;5 |sepal coloration=green |sepal quantity=5 |stamen atypical quantity=4;5 |stamen quantity=5 |stem architecture=branched;simple |stem orientation=ascending;erect |surface pubescence=glabrous |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=glabrous |whole_organism texture=not succulent |x chromosome quantity=11;10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Myrsinaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Myrsinaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Anagallis.