Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Anagallis arvensis L. (1753)
- Preferred Common Name
- scarlet pimpernel
- Other Scientific Names
- Anagallis caerulea L. (1759)
- Anagallis coerulea Nathh.
- Anagallis foemina Miller
- Anagallis latifolia L. (1753)
- Anagallis mas Vill. (1787)
- Anagallis phoenicea Scop. (1772)
- Anagallis verticillata All. (1785)
- International Common Names
- Englishblue pimpernelcare-allcommon pimpernelpoor man's weatherglassred chickweed
- Spanishcoralillojaboncillomurrajespilpispimpinela escarlata
- Frenchmorgelinemorgeline d'etemouron des champsmouron rouge
- Arabic'ayen el jamel
- Portugueseescarlatemorriao vermelhomurriao
- Local Common Names
- Algerializiregmeridjana
- Brazilescalarte
- Chilepimpinela azul
- Croatiakrika poljska
- Czechoslovakia (former)drchnicka roini
- Denmarkrod arve
- Egypt'ain el-gamalomm lebbenqonfoodasaboon gheit
- Finlandpuna alpi
- GermanyAcker GauchheilFeld GauchheilRoter Gauchheil
- Hungarymezel tikszem
- Indiabiliputi (Punjabi)krishnaneel
- Iranbazrak vahshee
- Iraqrmaimeeneh
- Italyanagallide rossabellichinamordi-gallina
- Japanakabana aruri hakobe
- Lebanonadhan el far el nabtilubbaynzaghila
- Macedoniavidovcica crvena
- Mauritiusmouron
- Netherlandsgewoon guichelheilguichelheil
- Norwaynonsblomrodarve
- Pakistanbili booti
- Polandkurzyslad polny
- Slovenianjivna kurja cesnjica
- South Africablouseblommetjierooimuur
- Swedenrodarvroedarv
- Taiwanhwo-jin-gu
- Turkeytarla farekulagi
- USApoison chickweedpoisonweedshepherd's clockwink-a-peep
- USA/Hawaiipoisonous pimpernel
- Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)vidovcia
- EPPO code
- ANGAR (Anagallis arvensis)
- EPPO code
- ANGCO (Anagallis coerulea)
Pictures
Flowering plant
A. arvensis flowering. Leaves of other species are present.
John T. Swarbrick
Flowering plant
A. arvensis flowering. Note that blue and red form flowers are both present. Leaves of other species are present.
John T. Swarbrick
Seedlings
John T. Swarbrick
Flower and seed pods.
Single flower (red form) and unripe seed pods of A. arvensis.
John T. Swarbrick
Seedlings
Close-up of A. arvensis seedlings. Note matchstick for scale.
John T. Swarbrick
Flowers
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Anagallis arvensis
Doug Doohan, Ohio State University - OARDC, bugwood.org
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Anagallis arvensis
Doug Doohan, Ohio State University - OARDC, bugwood.org
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Anagallis arvensis
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, bugwood.org
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Anagallis arvensis
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, bugwood.org
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Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
List of Symptoms/Signs
| Symptom or sign | Life stages | Sign or diagnosis |
|---|---|---|
| Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Anorexia, loss or decreased appetite, not nursing, off feed | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Bloody stools, faeces, haematochezia | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Diarrhoea | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Digestive Signs/Rumen hypomotility or atony, decreased rate, motility, strength | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Ataxia, incoordination, staggering, falling | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Dysmetria, hypermetria, hypometria | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Generalized lameness or stiffness, limping | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Generalized weakness, paresis, paralysis | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Inability to stand, downer, prostration | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Reluctant to move, refusal to move | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Underweight, poor condition, thin, emaciated, unthriftiness, ill thrift | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/General Signs/Weight loss | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Coma, stupor | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Dullness, depression, lethargy, depressed, lethargic, listless | Sign | |
| Terrestrial animals/Nervous Signs/Seizures or syncope, convulsions, fits, collapse | Sign |
Prevention and Control
Cultural Control
A. arvensis can usually be controlled by careful inter-row and interplant cultivation, although repeated cultivation may be necessary throughout its growing season. Competition from taller crops is important in reducing its competitiveness. Deep weed-free mulches will generally prevent further germination.
A. arvensis can usually be controlled by careful inter-row and interplant cultivation, although repeated cultivation may be necessary throughout its growing season. Competition from taller crops is important in reducing its competitiveness. Deep weed-free mulches will generally prevent further germination.
Chemical Control
Due to the variable regulations around (de-)registration of pesticides, we are for the moment not including any specific chemical control recommendations. For further information, we recommend you visit the following resources:
•
EU pesticides database (http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/)
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PAN pesticide database (www.pesticideinfo.org)
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Your national pesticide guide
Impact
The low growth and small root system of A. arvensis suggest that it is not a very competitive weed in most crops, and this is supported by a number of studies in different countries. It may, however, germinate early in spring before other weeds (and crops) become established, develop into dense masses, and thereby suppress the early growth of slow growing crops.A. arvensis has often been considered to be poisonous to stock, but with little supporting evidence from the field. Indoor feeding tests show potential toxicity in some animals, but since it is selectively left in pastures by grazing animals it is probably unpalatable. There is a recent record of buffalo and cattle deaths in India after field grazing of A. arvensis (Sadekar et al., 1996). Cases of human dermatitis have been reported after handling the plant.The seeds of A. arvensis contaminate small-seeded field crops such as lucerne and clovers.A. arvensis is an alternative host for a range of other pests, including beet yellows closterovirus (Stevens et al., 1994), Alternaria brassicae (Ansari et al., 1990), Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Singh and Singh, 1986), Botrytis cinerea (Madhu-Meeta et al., 1986) and root knot nematodes (Alam, 1981).
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