Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles

Lysimachia arvensis is a common weed of cultivated and waste ground.

Newborough (VC52: Anglesey); 2007-10-10

The flowers of Lysimachia arvensis have 5 sepals, petals and stamens around a single carpel.

West Wittering (VC13: West Sussex); 2017-08-14

A blue-flowered form, Lysimachia arvensis f. azurea, resembles Lysimachia foemina, but the abundant glandular hairs along the petal margins reveal it to belong in L. arvensis.

Seatown (VC9: Dorset); 2016-07-19

The fruit of Lysimachia arvensis is a small, round capsule with the style extending from the tip; the pedicel curves backwards after flowering.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2016-08-24

The top half of the capsule falls off to reveal the 20–35 seeds below.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2016-08-24