Scarlet Pimpernel
Anagallis arvensis
![](/sites/default/files/styles/flower_crop/public/wildflowers/pimper.jpg?itok=sO-6NN56)
This little plant is usually considered a weed, and grows like one too. But it appears on wildflower lists all the time and has a respectable name. I have always loved these. I used to play with them when I was a child in Goleta.