Lysimachia arvensis · Probable
Pimpernel
Lysimachia arvensis
The historical pimpernel name, probably the plant now accepted as Lysimachia arvensis.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
plant or tree under Mercury
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXIX · Section Of those things which are under the power of Mercury · Page 103-104
Explicit Source
plant under Sagittarius
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXXII · Section What things are under the signs, the fixed stars, and their images · Page 107-109 · Table The twelve signs and their plants
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Book One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress