Nigel Cattlin / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) growing as arable weed. England, UK. September.

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in flower, Sussex, UK

Nick Upton / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) growing on seashore at the base of a cliff, Cornwall, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) Devon, UK. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in flower in garden at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in flower in garden at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis foemina) blue form close-up of stamens, in a garden, Orvieto, Italy, May

Nigel Cattlin / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), red flowering annual arable weed in waste ground, Berkshire, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) in flower, nr Peschici, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Linda Pitkin / Scarlet pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis var. caerulea) blue variety, in flower close up, Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

Linda Pitkin / Scarlet pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis var. caerulea) blue variety, and Southern bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus ornithopodioides) in flower, Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.