Scarlet Pimpernel

Anagallis arvensis

TQ4894 15/08/2017 ©Raymond Small

Scarlet Pimpernel produces reddish, or occasionally blue, five-petalled flowers. The trailing stems have unstalked oval leaves. When the atmospheric pressure falls the flowers close and this is a sign that bad weather is approaching.

TQ4792 16/08/2023 ©Mike Rumble