Scarlet Pimpernel
- Product number: 345180
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Anagallis arvensis
Just for the name alone, you'll want this plant! Scarlet Pimpernel is a creeping or hanging plant with shiny, small leaves and tiny, orange-red flowers. These close themselves when rain approaches, thus acting like a weather house! The plant is used as a medicinal herb, but due to the presence of toxic substances, expertise is highly required in its preparation. More Anagallis species: see chapter "annual flower seeds".
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Latin: Anagallis arvensis
Dutch: Guichelheil
English: Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man's Weather Glass
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- Flower colour: Orange-red flowers
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: Up to 30 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Anagallis arvensis
- Dutch: Scarlet pimpernel
- Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
- English: Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man's Weather Glass
