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Anagallis arvensis [Scarlet Pimpernel]


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Rørslett, B. Anagallis arvensis L. (Primulaceae). Scarlet Pimpernel. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultraviol...rlet-pimpernel/

 

Anagallis arvensis L.

Syn. A. phoenicea Scop.

NO: Nonsblom

SE: Rödmire

DK: Rød Arve

FI: Puna-alpi

DE: Acker-Gauchheil

EN: Scarlet Pimpernel

 

A tiny annual plant with red flowers that only open under sunny conditions at day time, it is native to Eurasia and introduced elsewhere, so the distribution as a whole is world wide.It prefers open, dry habitats often on agricultural land without a closed vegetation cover. In continental Europe it is rather common, but towards the North it becomes rare and the locations are transient over time.

 

Specimens collected at Les Sables d'Olonne, France 4 Jun 2011.

 

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Image reference: ANAG_ARV_G1106046029_VIS.jpg

Visible light. Nikon D3S, Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 125 mm f/2.5, daylight.

 

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Image reference: ANAG_ARV_G1106043806_UV.jpg

Ultraviolet light. Nikon D40X, UV-Nikkor 105 mm f/4.5 lens, Baader U2" (Venus) filter, daylight.

 

The corolla is split almost to the base and there are basally light UV marks. Style and anthers are UV dark and so are the glandular hairs along the edge of the corolla.

 

[Published: 18 Jan 2013]

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