| Scientific Name: | Lysimachia monelli ( syn. Anagallis ) |
| Common Name: | blue pimpernel |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Orange, Blue, Violet, Purple, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems square and ribbed; leaves opposite (rarely whorled or alternate), sessile and clasping stem, lanceolate, about 3cm long x 1cm wide, mid-green; flowers usually bright blue with reddish throat and short yellow anthers, 3-4cm wide, on long petioles arising from leaf axil, commonly 4 per node, 5 petals, each about 1.5cm wide. | |