Tropicos | Name - Anagallis arvensis var. coerulea (Schreb.) Gren. & Godr.

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Anagallis arvensis var. coerulea (Schreb.) Gren. & Godr.

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Contributor Text: YASIN J. NASIR

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: February-March.

Type: Holotype: Dodoens, De Stirpium historia commentariorum imagines 61.1559 (fide Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 29:186.1968).

Distribution: Distribution: The same as that of the type variety.

Comment/Acknowledgements: The pimpernel is a common spring weed of abandoned fields, irrigation canals, along roadsides and waste places, in ditches and meadows. The blue colour of the flower can fade with age to almost white-pink as observed in plants collected from Cambellpur (Attock Dist). A specimen collected from Shakargarh (Sialkot Dist.) has a ± erect habit, the flowers are smaller than usual, the corolla in some cases equalling the calyx and a smaller capsule (3.5-4.5 mm broad). The leaves in a specimen from Dadu (Sind, coll. no. 474) are larger than usual, 30 x 11 mm), and may possibly represent the var. latifolia (L.) Lange. More plant material from the above mentioned localities is desirable to ascertain the identity of these ‘morphological types’, and are included here provisionally, pending further information. P. Taylor (1955, Kew Bull. (3): p. 330) has suggested that the predominance of the var. arvensis in northern areas and the occurrence of the blue flowered var. coerulea in the tropics generally, may be due to photoperiodism and other genetic factors involved. In Pakistan and Kashmir the latitude as well as the elevation of the place appear to be concerned.

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Map Location: B-6 Dir: Timargarh, A .R. Beg 704 (PPFI-B); Khal, M. Khan & A. Rahim 738 (PPFI-B); Salarzan, Bajaur, G. Farooq 9 (ISL); Chitral: Mandaret, M. Shah & Dilawar 1216 (ISL); Nauashibal Gol, M. Shah & Dilawar 1465 (ISL); Zarwan, M. Shah & Dilawar 1710 (ISL); Arandu, S.W. of Drosh, Stainton 2301 (BM, E); B-7 Hazara Dist.: Abbotabad, 21.4.1952, S.M.A. Kazmi s.n. (KUH); Haripur-Sirikot rd., ± 1800', Y. Nasir, R. Akhter & Khan 10773 (RAW); Jabori Shaukat & Nisar 666 (ISL); Pandial, 16 miles from Mansehra, Shaukat & Nisar 24 (ISL); Oghi, Shaukat & Nisar 480 (ISL); Banda Abbas, Shaukat & Nisar 549 (ISL); Pannia-Haripur, M.A. Siddiqi & M.N. Chaudhri 28 (ISL); Lora, ± 3000', E. & Y. Nasir 8679 (RAW); Kashmir: B-7 Muzafarabad, ± 2500', Jan Mohd. 1839 (1SL); Nawal Nadi, Siddiqi & Chaudhri 1002 (ISL); Shardi-Doarian, 5500-6130', May 18-19, 1954, F. Schmid s.n. (RAW); Chichian, Mirpur, Shahzad & Arif 945 (ISL); Bhimber, Shahzad & Anis 1095 (ISL); Kotli, 5000', R.R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Swat: Mingora, 3000', S. Ali 25994 (RAW); Pir Baba, S.A. Khan 1263 (PPFI-B); Charbagh, M Shah & Dilawar 325 (ISL); Nawakili, M. Shah & Dilawar 396 (ISL); Chakdara, M. Khan & A. Rahim 537 (PPFI-B); Bahrein, S.I. Ali & S.A. Faruqi 427 (KUH); Mingora-Madyan, 3rd mile, S.I. Ali & S.A. Faruqi 1852 (KUH); Odegram, M. Shah & Dilawar 82 (ISL); Matta, M. Shah 360 (ISL); Waziristan: C-6 Idak (Mirali), N. Waziristan, Hafizullah & Ayaz 27 (ISL); Ahmed Khel, N. Waziristan, Hafizullah & Ayaz 170 (ISL); Sardarga, Hafizullah & Ayaz 164 (ISL); Barwand 4000', Duthie 15714 (RAW); Sargodha Dist.: Sargodha, M. Aftab & Ashraf 1189 (ISL); Shahpur, M. Aftab & Ashraf 827 (ISL); Chiniot, Jhang, M. Ajab & Ashraf 732 (ISL); C-6 Peshawar Dist.: Kund, Peshawar-Attock, J. Lamond 1836 (E); Bara, M. Shah & A. Abbasi 873 (ISL); Landikotal, 700-1000 m, Rech. f. 30342 (W); Peshawar, J. L. Stewart 17 (K); Islamia College, coll. ignot. 54 (KUH); near Peshawar, Schlagintweit 2 (BM); C-7 Kohat Dist.: Jozara, 26.4.1977, Hafizullah & Dilawar s.n. (ISL); Banda Daud-Shakar Dara, Hafizullah & Dilawar 582 (ISL); Tochi, Hafizullah & Dilawar 1115 (ISL); C-7 Attock Dist.: Wah, Sultanul Abedin 2683 (KUH); Taxila, P.M. Pinfold 47 (BM); Besal-Choi, on dry hill slopes, flowers pinkish blue and small, E. & Y. Nasir 8718; 8721 (RAW); Rawalpindi Dist.. Rawalpindi, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 6 (RAW); near Gujar Khan, Ashraf & Mahmood 437 (ISL); Barakao, E. & Y. Nasir 8703 (RAW); Karot, in 1960; McVean s.n. (E); Islamabad, Y. Nasir & M. Alam 8711 (RAW);, Chattar-Broha rd., ± 2300', Y. Nasir & R. Akhter 10730 (RAW); C-8 Sialkot Dist.: Pasrur, M. Shah & Nisar 51 (ISL); Chawinda, M. Shah & Akram 8 (ISL); Daska, M. Shah & Ikram 167 (ISL); D-6 Multan Dist.: Chicha Watni, Shariq 7212 (PPFI-M); Muzafargarh, M. Aftab & Mansoor 561 (ISL); Lodhran, M. Aftab & Manzoor 561 (ISL); D-6 Mianwali: Namal-Lava, Shahzad & Dilawar 13 (ISL); Kalabagh. Shahzad & Dilawar 104 (ISL); Tajazai, Lakki Marwat, Hafizullah & Dilawar 344 (ISL); D.I. Khan Dist.: Paharpur-Dhela, Shahzad & Dilawar 711 (ISL); Musazai, Shahzad & Dilawar 769 (ISL); D.G. Khan Dist.: Kala, Saboor & Nisar 502 (ISL); Shah Sadaruddin, Saboor & Nisar 451 (ISL); D-8 Lahore: Sheikhupura, M. Shah & Abbasi 31 (ISL); Changa Manga, Shariq 6997 (PPFI-M); Ravi, Lahore, 1.4.1956, A.R. Beg s.n. (LAH); Wagah, M. Shah & Ayaz 92 (ISL); Kalashah Kaku, M. Shah & Ayaz 262 (ISL); E-7 Bahawalnagar: Rahim Yar Khan, M. Ajab & Manzoor 164 (ISL); Chistian, M. Aftab & Manzoor 526 (ISL); Baluchistan: S. Makran: G-2 Pasni-Turbat, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6500 (KUH); 6 miles from Gadap, on way to Karachi, Sultanul Abedin 420 (KUH); F-3 Panjgur, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar 6739 (KUH); Teejabahan, Sultanul Abedin and Abrar 6061 (KUH); Turbat, Sultan Abedin & Abrar 6099 (KUH); Gishkor, S. Makran, in cultivated field, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 15 (KUH); near Mund, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar 6225 (KUH); Hoshab, M. Qaiser & Abrar 835 (KUH); F-4 Dadu, flowers blue, S.A. Faruqi & Sultanul Abedin 474 (KUH); Pirgoth, Khairpur, A. Saboor & Nisar 252 (ISL); Thatta, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar 9428 (KUH); Sind: G-4 Darsano-Chino, Sultanul Abedin & Ghafoor 1347 (KUH); Kunachu, Karachi, Stocks s.n. (K); Mirpur Khas, A. Saboor & Nisar 25 (ISL); Haleji, Thatta Dist., Sultanul Abedin 5803 (KUH); Hyderabad-Sakrand, 13th mile, S.A. Faruqi & Sultanul Abedin 575 (KUH); Tandojam, A. Saboor 127 (ISL); Tando Adam Khan, Hyderabad, A. Saboor & Nisar 151 (ISL); Malir, 3.12. 1958, M. Amanullah s.n. (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad Dist.: Hyderabad, M Qaiser & Saida 4245 (KUH).