About Sheperd's Clock
Lysimachia arvensis, syn. Anagallis arvensis, commonly known as scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poor man's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, is a species of low-growing annual plant with brightly coloured flowers, most often scarlet but also bright blue and sometimes pink. The native range of the species is Europe and Western Asia and North Africa. The species has been distributed widely by humans, either deliberately as an ornamental flower or accidentally. L. arvensis is now naturalised almost worldwide, with a range that encompasses the Americas, Central and East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Malesia, the Pacific Islands, Australasia and Southern Africa.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Anagallis arvensis
- Genus
- Anagallis
- Family
- PRIMULACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Mediterranean
- Distribution
- Tropics and Temperate regions of the World
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- அனிச்சை, அனிச்சை மலர், அனிச்சம்
Primulaceae
Primrose Or Primula Family
Sheperd's Clock belongs to the Primulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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