Flora Pittsburghensis

Primulaceae

Primrose Family

Samolus parviflorus

Lysimachia quadrifolia

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). Also classified in the genus Lysimachia. These are unmistakable flowers, little bursts of scarlet popping out of sidewalk cracks and dry banks. They open only in fine weather and close, apparently in response to a drop in barometric pressure, if a storm is coming: thus another common name, “Poor Man’s Weatherglass.”


Index of Families.