Flowering
- Jan1
- Feb2
- Mar3
- Apr4
- May5
- Jun6
- Jul7
- Aug8
- Sep9
- Oct10
- Nov11
- Dec12
Distribution
Geogr. District
- Mt. Hermon (V. Rare)
- Golan (Common)
- Hula Plain (Common)
- Upper Galilee (V. Common)
- Lower Galilee (V. Common)
- Kinnroth Valley (V. Common)
- Mt. Carmel (V. Common)
- Esdraelon Plain (V. Common)
- Mt. Gilboa (V. Common)
- Bet Shean Valley (V. Common)
- Coastal Galilee (V. Common)
- Acco Plain (V. Common)
- Coast of Carmel (V. Common)
- Sharon Plain (V. Common)
- Philistean Plain (V. Common)
- Samaria (Common)
- Samarian Desert (V. Common)
- Lower Jordan Valley (V. Common)
- Shefela (V. Common)
- Judean Mountains (V. Common)
- Judean Desert (V. Common)
- Dead-Sea Valley (Common)
- Northern Negev (V. Common)
- Western Negev (Rare)
- Negev Highlands (Common)
- Southern Negev (V. Rare)
- Arava Valley (V. Rare)
- Gilead (Common)
- Ammon (Common)
- Moav (V. Rare)
- Edom (Common)
Vegetation Units
Description & Remarks
A small annual plant, common in many parts of the country in bathas, abandoned fields, herbaceous vegetation, and steppes. Two common varieties have deep blue corolla. The rare variety, (var. arvensis) has red-orange corolla and is confiend to fresh-water springs all over the country. The latter variety is the common one in Europe.
Family
Additional Names
- English:
- Poor man's weatherglas;red pimpernel
- Hebrew with Vowels:
- מַרְגָּנִית הַשָּׂדֶה
- Life form (Raunkiaer):
- annual
- Spinescence:
- absent
- Succulence:
- non-succulent
- Summer Shedding:
- ephemeral
- Petal or tepal color:
- D.Blue, orange
- Sexuality and Reproductive Morphology:
- Flowers hermaphrodite only
- Sporangia or Seed Homogeneity:
- Homogeneous seeds-fruits
- Flowering Time:
- April, March
- Leaf arrangement:
- opposite (two leaves per node)
- Leaf Type:
- entire
- Leaf or leaflet margin:
- smooth
- Stipule:
- absent
- Habitat:
- Batha, Phrygana
- Chorotype:
- Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian
- Drought Resistence:
- Salt Resistance:
- glycophyte
- Synanthrop:
- mostly natural, also synanthropic
Taxonomy
- Superdivision:
- Spermatophyta
- Division:
- Angiospermae
- Class:
- Dicotyledoneae
- Family:
- Primulaceae
- Genus:
- Anagallis
Anagallis arvensis in the Botanic Library
- Vegetation of Israel