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Anagallis foemina
Also called Poorman's weatherglass, Blue Pimpernel, Foemina Blue Pimpernel, Foemina Pimpernel, Shortstalk Pimpernel
Lysimachia foemina is commonly known as blue pimpernel or poor man's weatherglass, and was formerly called Anagallis foemina. It is a low-growing annual herbaceous plant in the genus Lysimachia of the family Primulaceae. In a comparison of DNA sequences, L. foemina was shown to be most closely related to L. monelli. It had been thought by many to be closest to L. arvensis, and some authors had even included L. foemina as a subspecies of L. arvensis, as Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina. These three species (L arvensis, L foemina and L monelli) were among several transferred from Anagallis to Lysimachia in a 2009 paper.
This cosmopolitan plant is native to central and southern Europe and has been introduced in Africa, northern and eastern Asia, North and South America and western Australia.
Lysimachia minima · Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Roughleaf yellow loosestrife · Azorean Loosestrife · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Mixed Yellow Loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife · Lehua makanoe
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