1484 Anagallis arvensis L.

This variable species (incl. A. foemina Mill.) probably originates from the Mediterranean region. It has then spread as a weed to C. and N. Europe and to several other parts of the world, even to the S. hemisphere. With its present distribution this species belongs to the circumpolar plants (Hultén, Circumpol. Il, p. 204 and map 196), although there are wide gaps in the distribution. Cf. world map in Meusel et al. 1978, p. 334.