Willdenowia 39: 51 (2009) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Glabrous herb, stems strongly 4-angled. Leaves opposite, sessile, 8–20 mm long, 5–13 mm wide, glabrous, 3-several-nerved from base. Flowers on fine, often decurved pedicels 1–3 cm long; calyx-lobes 5, very shortly united at base, narrow-acuminate, 3–5 mm long (elongating to c. 7 mm in fruit), keeled along the midrib; corolla rotate, lobes broadly elliptic, slightly exceeding calyx lobes, minutely glandular-ciliate on margin, brilliant vermilion, blue or purple; staminal filaments ciliate. Capsule c. 4 mm diam., dehiscent about the equator; seeds angular, elliptic or c. rectangular, c. 1.2 mm long, blackish, minutely papillate. Flowers mainly Sep.–Mar.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *MuM, *MSB, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *RobP, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Europe. Native to Europe. Widespread and common on disturbed ground, in gardens and crops, roadsides, beside paths, etc.
Intensely blue- or purple-flowered plants have been known as Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea Gouan, but both these and the commoner vermilion forms may occur in mixed populations, apparently from the same parent plants, indicating that the two are mere colour forms not warranting formal recognition.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | naturalised | |
Robinvale Plains | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |