? Scarlet pimpernel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Myrsinaceae Genus: Anagallis Species: A. arvensis
Binomial name
Anagallis arvensis L.

The Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) is a low-growing plant in the family (Myrsinaceae). This common European plant is generally considered a weed and is an indicator of light soils. Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons. ... Genera See text Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. ... Species many, see text Anagallis is a genus of about 20-25 species of flowering plants in the myrsine family Myrsinaceae, commonly called pimpernel and perhaps best known for the Scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné ▶(?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Genera See text Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering around 10,790,000 km² (4,170,000 sq mi) or 2. ... Dandelions, shown here in proliferation, are commonly thought of as weeds. ...

The stems are about 45 cm long and generally prostrate. The bright green ovate sessile leaves grow opposite. The small orange flowers grow in the leaf axils from spring till autumn. The petal margin is somewhat crenate. In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... California Poppies in flower Flower (Latin flos, floris; French fleur), a term popularly used for the bloom or blossom of a plant, is the reproductive structure of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... A petal is one member or part of the corolla of a flower. ...

The subspecies Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea has bright, deep blue flowers.

It is most noted for being the emblem of the fictional hero The Scarlet Pimpernel. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic adventure novel by Baroness Orczy. ...

A close-up of the scarlet pimpernel flower