Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Ericales
Family: Myrsinaceae
Genus: Anagallis
Species: A. arvensis

Common name: Blue pimpernel,  red pimpernel, red chickweed, poorman's barometer, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, Bird’s tongue(Eng.).
Edible Parts: Leave, Plant
Life cycle: Annual
Native Range: Native to Europe, Asia and North America
Habitat:

Description: Anagallis arvensis is a low-growing annual plant . Anagallis arvensis has weak sprawling stems growing to about 50 cm long, which bear bright green ovate sessile leaves in opposite pairs. The small orange, red or blue flowers are produced in the leaf axils from spring till autumn.

Medicinal Uses: Its internal use has been advised in mania, epileptic attacks, dropsical affections, and other derangements of the nervous system, but it should be employed with caution. It may, however, be used in form of poultice, as a local application to old and ill-conditioned ulcers.