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Locally frequent in marshy places, especially in the far west, but absent from many areas. Flower diameter c 6-12 mm ID: Flowers upturned bell-shaped, with 5 petal-lobes, pink, petals 2-3 times longer than sepals. Leaves in opposite pairs, short-stalked. Flowers solitary in leaf-axils on slender stalks several times longer than leaves. Other features: Stems rounded, not sharply angled like Scarlet Pimpernel. A creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes. |