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Anagallis arvensis
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 found in Europe, Asia and North America. Scarlet pimpernel flowers are open only when the sun shines.
Scarlet Pimpernel is also the name of an ultra-romantic novel about the French Revolution which was totally gripping when I was twelve, but was just awful when I tried to read it again a few years ago. Thanks goodness we mature and get more tasteful as we age!!
Spotted on Mar 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 29, 2012
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Thanks Seema. Ii see from your Orcas that you were down this way again. Give me a heads up next time!
I often see them in chaparrals, when hiking...nice little flowers...