Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Anagallis foemina Mill.
Family : PRIMULACEAE
Genus : Anagallis
Catalan common name : Herba de la pulmonia. Herba de les embronies.
Province distribution : Alicante. Barcelona. Lérida. Tarragona.
General distribution : Holoartica
Flowering time : February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones and therophytic communities.
Uses and properties : Medicinal.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A small annual plant with leaves deltoid and opposite, flowers is an intense blue colour. It’s very difficult to distinguish from A. Arvensis; however they differ basically in that the later has more lanceolate leaves, smaller flowers and the petal margin lacks hairs.
