Lysimachia loeflingii

Blue Pimpernel at Isaacs Ridge

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Identification history

Lysimachia loeflingii	20 Nov 2023	natureguy
Lysimachia arvensis	29 Nov 2022	Tapirlord
Lysimachia arvensis	28 Nov 2022	Mike

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3 comments

Mike wrote:

20 Nov 2023

Where did this species spring up from? It hasn't even reached Wikipedia.

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Nov 2023

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/thebeachcomber/80958-splitting-of-lysimachia-arvensis-colour-morphs

If you are curious, I do not have access to the paper and have relied upon Thomas and his expertise.

Mike wrote:

21 Nov 2023

Thanks Ciaran. I see the paper was published last year and the change has been made in APNI (the paper is available through a link in the iNaturalist reference). How do I keep up? Some of my books have the genus as Anagallis, including the blue form as Anagallis foemina. Flora of the ACT mentions a single collection of a blue flowered form of A. arvensis possibly an escape from CSIRO. Maybe someone should do a phylogenetic study of other plants, such as Acacia buxifolia, which have great diversity of leaf and form.

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