Forwarding for ID Distributed as Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/primulaceae/anagallis/anagallis-arvensis-var-caerulea-1> I think A. arvensis var. caerulea only, A. foemina is distinct as can be seen here Anagallis foemina (habitus) - Lysimachia foemina - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysimachia_foemina#/media/File:Anagallis_foemina_(habitus).jpg> Group discussion at anagallis arvensis, dehradun, mm, april5 (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/rhFLek1637U>
On Friday, April 25, 2014 at 11:56:56 AM UTC+5:30 mohina macker wrote: > This is what Gurcharan Ji has to say > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Anagallis$20arvensis$20caerulea$20Gurcharan$20/indiantreepix/d6hTTc7e98k/bB8QtuqiNJIJ > The common pimpernel has confused both field workers and reputed authors > alike, but luckily the confusion seems to have been resolved more recently. > Carolus Linnaeus, the Father of Taxonomy described two closely related > species of Anagallis: > *Anagallis arvensis* L., the scarlet pimpernel with orange-scarlet to > scarlet flowers > *Anagallis caerulea* L., the blue pimpernel with blue flowers > > The two are now treated as two varieties var. arvensis and var. caerulea > (L.) Gouan of Anagallis arvensis L. > > Schreber, Spic. Fl. Lips. 5 1771 described a related species Anagallis > coerulea (note slight difference in spellings), also used by Lamarck, a > taxon that had been long treated as same var. caerulea of A. arvensis. It > was only in 1972 that Fergussen established it to be a synonym of a > distinct species Anagallis foemina Miller (1768). The plant List treats > this as Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz & Thell. Important > to note that this taxon always has blue flowers. This is how the two > species can be differentiated: > > *Anagallis arvensis > Anagallis foemina* > *(or Anagallis arvensis subsp. arvensis) (or > Anagallis arvensis subsp. foemina (Mill.) Schinz & Thell.)* > 1. Flowers scarlet (var. arvensis) or blue (var. caerulea) 1. > Flowers blue > 2. Pedicel in flower longer than subtending leaf. 2. > Pedicel in flower shorter or equal to the subtending leaf. > 3. Sepals shorter than sepals especially in bud 3. > Sepals equalling or longer than petals especially in bud > 4. Petal margins overlapping > 4. Petal margins not overlapping > 5. Petal margins with numerous hairs tipped with 5. > With few or no hairs, which if present have elongate > globose glands. > terminal cells. > > Let us look for our blue pimpernel (blue flowered Anagallis) more closely > in light of above information to find its exact identity. Who knows we may > have both taxa in India. > > I would be delighted if this could be ided further > > 1. Both the flowers are blue > 2. The pedicel is longer than the subtending leaf > 3. sepal seems longer? than the petal in bud, but not after the flower > has opened > 4. petals are not overlapping or very slightly overlapping. > 5. petal margins have very few hairs. > > regards > mohina > > > On Thursday, 24 April 2014 11:44:03 UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: >> >> Is it Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/primulaceae/anagallis/anagallis-arvensis-var-caerulea> >> >> or Anagallis arvensis ssp. foemina >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/po/primulaceae/anagallis/anagallis-arvensis-ssp-foemina> >> >> ? >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: mohina macker <[email protected]> >> Date: 9 April 2014 12:24 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:185929] anagallis arvensis, dehradun, mm, april5 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> > > > > >> anagallis arvensis >> growing in a fallow field >> a few kilometers from dehradun >> second week of march >> regards >> mohina macker >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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