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Blue Scarlet Pimpernel

Lysimachia loeflingii

Blue Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia loeflingii) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Lysimachia loeflingii
Family
Primulaceae, order Ericales
Group
Plant

A tiny blue star on the ground.

  • Spot it Slender stems, paired leaves and small blue star flowers.
  • Home Damp open fields.
  • Food web Small flies and bees visit the flowers.
  • Why it matters Feeds small flies and bees in open fields and covers damp soil.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist, between 2022 and 2024, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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