Primulaceae
Scarlet pimpernel
Lysimachia arvensis
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
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Common names
By language (53)
- Arabic
- أناغالس حقلي, أنا جالس, عوينة الحية, عين الفطوس, عين القط, اذان الفار النبطي, نبات عين القط, زغليله
- Armenian
- Մկնականջ դաշտային
- Asturian
- Meruxa
- Azerbaijani
- Tarla anaqallisi
- Bangla
- নীল বাঁধফুল
- Basque
- Pasmo-belar loregorri
- Belarusian
- Вочны цвет палявы, Макрыца чырвоная
- Bulgarian
- Полско огнивче
- Burmese
- ငှက်မနာခင်စာ
- Catalan
- Anagall, Alfàbrega borda, Borrissol, Gallinassa, Herba de caderneres, Marietes, Mataconills, Morró
- Chinese
- 琉璃繁縷, 琉璃繁缕, 蓝花琉璃繁缕, 四念癀
- Croatian
- Poljska krivičica
- Czech
- Drchnička rolní
- Danish
- Rød Arve, Røde Arve
- Dutch
- Rood en Blauw guichelheil
- English
- Scarlet pimpernel, Red chickweed, Blue-scarlet pimpernel, Poorman's barometer, Shepherd's clock, Shepherd's weather glass, Red pimpernel
- Estonian
- Põld-varsapõlv
- Finnish
- Peltopunka, Peltopuna-alpi, Sinipeltopunka
- French
- Mouron rouge, Mouron des champs
- frr
- Hingst an waanj
- Georgian
- Საპონელა
- German
- Acker-Gauchheil, Ackergauchheil, Nebelpflanze, Roter Gauchheil, Weinbergsstern, Wetterkraut
- grc
- Ἀναγαλλὶς ἡ κυανῆ
- Hebrew
- מרגנית כתומה, מרגנית השדה
- Hindi
- कृष्ण नील
- hsb
- Čerwjeny kurymór
- Hungarian
- Mezei tikszem
- Icelandic
- Nónblóm
- Igbo
- Scarlet pimpernel
- Irish
- Falcaire fiáin
- Italian
- Mordigallina
- Japanese
- アカバナルリハコベ
- Kazakh
- Егістік көздәрі
- Korean
- 뚜껑별꽃, 보라별꽃
- kw
- Brathles
- lah
- بلی بوٹی
- Lithuanian
- Raudonžiedis progailis
- Macedonian
- Полско огнивче
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nonsblom
- Pashto
- اناگالیس اروېنسیس
- Persian
- آناغالیس قرمز
- Polish
- Kurzyślad polny
- Punjabi
- ਬਿੱਲੀ ਬੂਟੀ
- Russian
- Очный цвет полевой, Очный цвет пашенный
- Slovak
- Drchnička roľná
- Slovenian
- Navadna kurja češnjica
- Spanish
- Arbejanilla, Hierba coral, Hierba corral, Jaboncito de golondrina, Jabón de gitana, Murriaô grande, Yerba coral, Anagalide hembra
- Swedish
- Rödmire, Rödarv
- Tamil
- அனிச்சை, அனிச்சம், அனிச்சை மலர்
- Ukrainian
- Курячі ока польові
- Urdu
- بلی بوٹی
- Uzbek
- Sovunoʻt
- Welsh
- Gwlyddyn Mair, Llysiau`r cryman
Synonyms
- Anagallis amoena Heldr.
- Anagallis arabica Duby
- Anagallis arvensis L.
- Anagallis arvensis f. arvensis
- Anagallis arvensis f. carnea (Schrank) Schinz & R.Keller
- Anagallis arvensis f. coerulea Arechav.
- Anagallis arvensis f. decipiens (Uechtr.) Schinz & R.Keller
- Anagallis arvensis f. lilacina (Alef.) Schinz & R.Keller
- Anagallis arvensis f. pallida (Hook.f.) Hyl.
- Anagallis arvensis f. purpurea (Douie) P.D.Sell
- Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz & Thell. ex Schinz & R.Keller
- Anagallis arvensis subsp. phoenicea (Scop.) Vollm.
- Anagallis arvensis subsp. phoenicea (Scop.) Vollm.
- Anagallis arvensis unranked decipiens Uechtr.
- Anagallis arvensis var. carnea (Schrank) Boenn.
- Anagallis arvensis var. immaculata Lej.
- Anagallis arvensis var. lilacina Alef.
- Anagallis arvensis var. pallida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
- Anagallis arvensis var. phoenicea Gouan
- Anagallis arvensis var. phoenicea (Scop.) Baumg.
- Anagallis arvensis var. platyphylloides Pau
- Anagallis arvensis var. purpurea Douie
- Anagallis arvensis var. repens (DC.) Merino
- Anagallis arvensis var. tridyma Klett & Richt.
- Anagallis carnea Schrank
- Anagallis hadidii Chrtek & Osb.-Kos.
- Anagallis indica Sweet
- Anagallis jacquemontii Duby
- Anagallis mas Vill.
- Anagallis micrantha Rouy
- Anagallis orientalis hort. ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Anagallis parviflora Loisel.
- Anagallis phoenicea Scop.
- Anagallis phoenicea var. verticillata Gray
- Anagallis platyphylla Baudo
- Anagallis pulchella Salisb.
- Anagallis punctifolia Stokes
- Anagallis repens DC.
- Lysimachia arvensis var. arvensis
Flowers
- In flower
- March to July (from 14,863 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: tomaszn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés Pereira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- LoosestrifeLysimachia minoricensisPrimulaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.