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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Anagallis arvensis L.
Scarlet pimpernel

Anagallis arvensis
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Family: Primulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Eurasia.

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Naturalized on Key Largo. First collected in 2000 by Keith A. Bradley (2051, FTG).

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Anagallis arvensis has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Anagallis arvensis has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Anagallis arvensis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr