Flora of Victoria

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.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1996). Primulaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Andre Messina, 2015-09-18

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Ericales

family Primulaceae

genus Lysimachia

Higher taxa

species Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.

Synonyms

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Lysimachia arvensis in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Lysimachia arvensis in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
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

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.

Pimpernel

Synonyms

Victoria

State distribution