Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies  of Zihuatanejo

ORDER ERICALES

Scarlet Pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

• Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

• Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

• Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

• Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

• Heathers, Balsams, Primroses and Allies (Order Ericales)

Flowers by Colour

The orange flowers are only open for few hours during the day, and only if there is sun. It has five petals and five stamens, each standing exactly opposite to a leaf. Upon the stamens are a number of delicate, violet hairs, which seem to serve as a bait to insects.