Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Anagallis tenella

Family

Primulaceae

Flowering season

May to September

English distribution

It is found mainly in the Southwest, the Northwest, Norfolk

and parts of the Northeast and and South. It is scattered

elsewhere.

See the BSBI distribution map for Bog Pimpernel

Habitat

It grows in bogs, wet open grazed pastures, dune

slacks and wet heaths.

Description

Bog Pimpernel is a delicate, native, evergreen, creeping,

prostrate, mat-forming, perennial herb, growing up to

20cm.

The flowers are pale pink, bell shaped and up to 1cm

across – they look too big for the leaves.

There are 5 pink, veined petals.

There are 5 central stamens with cream anthers.

There are large numbers of linear, white styles.

Sepals are linear-lanceolate.

The leaves are opposite, round and small at 5mm,

The stem is slender and roots at the nodes.