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|accepted_name=Anagallis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 148. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 73. 1754 ,
}}
|common_names=Pimpernel;poorman’s weatherglass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Anagallis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Anagallis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek anagalao, to laugh, alluding to fabled power to alleviate sadness
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 302, 303, 306, 309
|treatment_page=page 305
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, not succulent, glabrous; resin canals usually present. <b>Rhizomes</b> absent; roots fibrous or a taproot. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending, simple or branched. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, alternate, or whorled, monomorphic; petiole usually absent; blade usually ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, base mostly rounded to cuneate (or slightly cordate), margins mostly entire, sometimes minutely crenulate, usually slightly revolute, apex acute to obtuse or mucronulate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually axillary in distal leaves, solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> present or absent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals (4–)5, green, calyx lobes lanceolate, much longer than tube; petals (4–)5, corolla white to pink, red, salmon, or blue, salverform (almost rotate) to slightly campanulate, lobes longer than tube, apex rounded or truncate; stamens (4–)5; filaments connate proximally. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, globose, 1–7 mm, dehiscence circumscissile. <b>Seeds</b> 5–45, dark brown to reddish brown, angled, papillate to alveolate. <b>x</b> = 10, 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies (Jamaica);Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Centunculus Linnaeus; Micropyxis Duby</p><!--
--><p>Species ca. 20 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Anagallis</i> tenella (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, the European bog pimpernel, was reported in the late 1800s from Saint Pierre and Miquelon; it was most likely a waif and is not included here. It can be distinguished by its perennial habit, procumbent stems, and pink, funnelform corollas.</p><!--
--><p><i>Anagallis</i> foemina Miller, the European blue pimpernel, has been reported from western states; these reports are all based on blue-flowered forms of <i>A. arvensis</i> (see discussion there).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=manns2007a
|text=Manns, U. and A. A. Anderberg. 2007. Character evolution in Anagallis (Myrsinaceae) inferred from morphological and molecular data. Syst. Bot. 32: 166–179.
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyces 3.5-6 mm, equaling or shorter than corollas; corollas (2-)3-12 mm
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyces 1.5-3 mm, equaling or longer than corollas; corollas 1.4-2.3 mm
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants annual (rarely perennial); pedicels recurved in fruit; calyces ± equaling corollas; corollas usually 3-7 mm.
|[[Anagallis arvensis|Anagallis arvensis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants perennial; pedicels ascending in fruit; calyces shorter than corollas; corollas 5-12 mm.
|[[Anagallis monelli|Anagallis monelli]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Pedicels 2.5-4 mm.
|[[Anagallis pumila|Anagallis pumila]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Pedicels absent or to 1 mm.
|[[Anagallis minima|Anagallis minima]]
|}
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name=Anagallis
|author=Anita F. Cholewa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Myrsinaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies (Jamaica);Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa.
|reference=manns2007a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_611.xml
|genus=Anagallis
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