Anagallis L.
Erect or creeping, annual or perennial herbs, glabrous except for corolla and stamens, not heterostylous. Lvs opposite, alternate or verticillate, entire. Fls axillary, mostly solitary; pedicels often slender, rarely almost 0. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes narrow. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, rotate or funnelform; tube very short. Stamens inserted at or near base of corolla tube, free or connate at base, reticulate or papillose. Capsule globose, circumscissile. Seeds numerous.
Key
c. 30 spp., Eurasia, warm temperate and subtropical Africa, S. America. Naturalised spp. 2.