Scarlet Pimpernel
Lysimachia arvensis
Synonyms: Anagallis arvensis, Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea, Anagallis caerulea
![Scarlet Pimpernel: Lysimachia arvensis (Synonyms: Anagallis arvensis, Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea, Anagallis caerulea)](arvensis/arvensis2a.jpg)
Scarlet pimpernel as seen on the beach at Barview Jetty County Park on the Oregon coast........August 26, 2009. The plants grow above the high tide mark.
-- ![Paired, opposite stem leaves of Scarlet Pimpernel: Lysimachia arvensis (Synonyms: Anagallis arvensis, Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea, Anagallis caerulea)](arvensis/arvensis2d.jpg)
Close-up views of the underside of the sepals and petals as well as the paired, opposite stem leaves of scarlet pimpernel as seen at Barview Jetty County Park on the Oregon coast........August 26, 2009.
Paul Slichter