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Blue Pimpernel, Poorman's Weatherglass

Anagallis arvensis (Mill.) ssp. foemina Schinz and Thell.

Primulaceae (Primrose Family)

Blue Pimpernel:  (not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor Weeds of the Northeast)

·         low, spreading summer annual with opposite leaves, appearing similar to chickweed, but with blue  flowers; same species as scarlet pimpernel, which has red-orange flowers

·         found in turfgrass, landscape plantings, low-growing annual crops

 

 

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