Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.): flowering and fruiting plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

An infusion of scarlet pimpernel is used as a home remedy for lung complaints, gall stones and cirrhosis of the liver

Common or scarlet pimpernel is also known as cure all and poor man's or shepherd's weather-glass

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.9 cm

Anagallis phoeniceo flore. I.R.H.142. - Gall. Mouron

Wellcome Collection 16844i