Anagallis pumila
Prodr. 1: 40. 1788 ,.
Common names: Florida pimpernel
Synonyms: Centunculus pumilus (Swartz) Kuntze Micropyxis pumila (Swartz) Duby
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Plants annual. Stems mostly erect, 1–3 (–5) dm. Leaves alternate or opposite; blade elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 4.5–8 × 1–3.5 mm. Pedicels erect in fruit, 2.5–4 mm, mostly equaling or shorter than subtending leaf. Flowers: sepals (4–) 5, calyx divided nearly to base, 2–2.5 mm, equaling or longer than corolla, margins entire, narrowly or not scarious, apex acuminate; petals 5, corolla white, salverform (almost rotate), 1.5–2.3 mm. Capsules 1–1.5 mm. Seeds 5–12.
Phenology: Flowering spring–early winter.
Habitat: Ditch banks, other open sites
Elevation: 0-20 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies (Jamaica), Central America, South America (Colombia), South America (Ecuador)
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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vegetative +
hypogynous +
dehiscent +
acuminate +
elliptic;narrowly lanceolate +
longer +
much longer +
lanceolate +
divided +
equaling +
globose +
Florida pimpernel +
white +
salverform +
starchless +
copious +
connate +
symmetric +
bisexual +
capsular +
circumscissile +
globose +
nectariferous +
absent +
axillary +
monomorphic +
cauline +
longer +
crenulate +
revolute +
scarious +
absent +
superior +
anatropous;campylotropous +
erect +
absent +
equaling +
hypogynous +
connate;proximally nearly distinct +
absent +
3-5-carpellate +
Prodr. +
1753 +
absent +
absent +
fibrous +
angular +
5;12 +
papillate;alveolate +
angled +
green +
connate +
longitudinal +
absent +
erect +
usually capitate;truncate +
absent +
terminal +
rudimentary +
glabrous +
Anagallis pumila +
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species +
annual +
glabrous +
not succulent +