North Carolina Wildflowers

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Myrsinaceae>Anagallis

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense) Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense)
Orange Co., NC
6/6/2006

This non-native herb (introduced from Europe) is common in fields, lawns and can be found in disturbed areas in the NC piedmont and coastal plain.

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense) Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense)
Orange Co., NC
6/6/2006
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense) Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvense)
Orange Co., NC
6/6/2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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