Anagallis tenella

English: Bog Pimpernel
Nederlands: Teer guichelheil
Español: Hierba gallinera - Murrones
Français: Mouron délicat - Mouron grêle
Deutsch: Zarte Gauchheil

Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family
Flowering time: May-September (northern Europe), April-June (southern Europe)
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: to 1500m
Colour: pink, occasionally white
Flower: 6-10mm, borne on long slender stalks
Leaves: mostly opposite, rounded or elliptical, short-stalked
Habitat: damp habitats, dune slacks, boggy and peaty heaths, moor grass, rush pastures
Distribution: western, central and southern Europe
Synonym: Lysimachia tenella





Notes: Anagallis tenella is cultivated in gardens. The flowers of Bog Pimpernel open widely only in sunshine. Anagallis tenella is on the Dutch Red List and  Belgium Red List of vascular plants.

Related key words: Heemtuin Tenellaplas Rockanje, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, Vlaamse Rode Lijst, Jerez del Marquesado, Lanjarón, Güéjar de la Sierra, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Picos de Europa