Poor man's weatherglass

Description

Scarlet pimpernel, commonly known as�blue-scarlet pimpernel red pimpernel,�red chickweed,�poorman's barometer,�poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass�or�shepherd's clock, is a low-growing�annual�plant. The native range of the species is�Europe�and�Western Asia�and�North Africa.�The species has been distributed widely by humans, either deliberately as an ornamental flower or accidentally.�A. arvensis�is now naturalised almost worldwide, with a range that encompasses the�Americas,�Central�and�East Asia, the�Indian Subcontinent,�Malesia, the�Pacific Islands,�Australasia�and�Southern Africa.