Primulaceae
Bog pimpernel
Lysimachia tenella
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- لبين ظريف
- arz
- لبين ظريف
- Catalan
- Mouron délicat
- Dutch
- Teer guichelheil
- English
- Bog pimpernel
- Finnish
- Hoikkapunka
- French
- Mouron délicat, Mouron delicat
- German
- Zarter Gauchheil, Mouron délicat
- hsb
- Něžny kurymór
- Irish
- Falcaire corraigh
- kw
- Brathles an gors
- Lithuanian
- Mouron délicat
- Swedish
- Mouron délicat
- Turkish
- Bataklık farekulağı
- Welsh
- Gwlyddyn-Mair y gors
Synonyms
- Anagallis palustris Clairv.
- Anagallis repens Pomel
- Anagallis serpyllifolia Dumort.
- Anagallis tenella (L.) L.
- Anagallis tenella f. albiflora C.Vicioso ex P.P.Ferrer & Guara
- Anagallis tenella f. pygmaea Bolzon
- Anagallis tenella var. anfrayi Corb.
- Centunculus pulcherrimus Büscher & G.H.Loos
- Euparea bractealis Baudo
- Euparea tenella (L.) Baudo
- Jirasekia alpina F.W.Schmidt
- Jirasekia tenella Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 161 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vicente Lopes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Benet-Cibois, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Velella, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Beau1968, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: James Clow, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: kilian pelon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lysimachia
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- Creeping jennyLysimachia nummulariaPrimulaceae
- Sea-milkwortLysimachia maritimaPrimulaceae
- Chickweed-wintergreenLysimachia europaeaPrimulaceae
- Tufted loosestrifeLysimachia thyrsifloraPrimulaceae
- Poorman's weatherglassLysimachia foeminaPrimulaceae
- ChaffweedLysimachia minimaPrimulaceae
- Dotted loosestrifeLysimachia punctataPrimulaceae
- Yellow pimpernelLysimachia nemorumPrimulaceae
- Gooseneck yellow loosestrifeLysimachia clethroidesPrimulaceae
- 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.