Anagallis tenella, (L.) L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 28

3. A. tenella (L.) L. , Syst. Veg. ed. 13,165 (1774).

Procumbent perennial, rooting freely at the nodes. Stems (3-)5 -15 cm. Leaves 4-9 x 3-6 mm, opposite or rarely alternate, suborbicular to broadly elliptical, entire; petiole 0-2 mm. Flowers in axils of middle leaves; pedicels (5-) 15-35 mm, capillary, always much exceeding subtending leaf. Calyx 3-4 mm, divided to base; lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 6-10 mm, pink, rarely white, infundibuliform; tube short; lobes lanceolate. Capsule 2-5-4 mm. Seeds 6-12. In = 22. Damp turf, bogs, ditches and lake-shores. W. Europe, northwards to Foerôer; a few isolated stations in W.C. Europe, N. Italy, Greece and Kriti. Au Az Be BI Br Cr Fa Ga Ge G r Hb He Ho Hs It Lu Sa.