FFF105 - SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), also known as red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, is a low-growing annual plant. The native range of the species is Europe and Western and North Africa. The species has been distributed widely by humans, either deliberately as an ornamental flower or accidentally.

A. arvensis is now naturalised almost worldwide, with a range that encompasses The Americas, Central and East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands, Australasia and Southern Africa. Although traditionally included in the family Primulaceae, the genus Anagallis is now considered to be better placed within the related family Myrsinaceae. In the APG III system, Primulaceae is expanded to include Myrsinaceae, thus Anagallis is in Primulaceae sensu lato.This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils.

It is most well known for being the emblem of the fictional hero "The Scarlet Pimpernel", a novel written by the Baroness Emma Orczy.

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FFF105

1.	Nick, Melbourne	9.	Jesh StG	17.	Scene by Minerva	25.	bettyl - New Zealand
2.	NixPixMix	10.	Jocee	18.	Moni	26.	Pink Plettenberg
3.	My Desktop Daily	11.	Simone, Germany	19.	Dawn	27.	ann nz
4.	Gunilla	12.	Celosia flowers on fire	20.	Dog Park Flowers	28.	veredit
5.	Maboe	13.	Gemma Wiseman	21.	Ulla Laiho	29.	Exploration Vacation
6.	NatrueFootstep Photo	14.	Liz (mlc)	22.	Ileana
7.	Zauberpalme	15.	Synnöve	23.	wieczorama-fotografie
8.	Elizabeth Krall	16.	Enerhagen	24.	Simfonia florilor

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