Pimpernel . ( Del b. LAT. ( pimpinella ). 1. f. herbaceous perennial in the family Rosaceae, with stems erect, reddish, esquinados, ramosos, four to six decimetres of height, composed of an odd of leaflets petiolate leaves, elliptic, toothed margin and very blankets, flowers Terminal, in tight spikes, in which the female occupy the top of the Group and the male based, with Pearly calyx and Corollait swells, hardens and turns into ellipsoidal fruit, with four edges over and contains two or three seeds small, elongated, Brown. It abounds in Spain and is used in medicine as a tonic and diaphoretic. Pimpernel Mayor. 1. f. plant that is different from the previous one in reaching a meter in height, having flakes without petiole, being more ellipsoidal spike of flowers, which are hermaphroditic, with the reddish black chalice and a single seed in the fruit. It is common in Spain and was used in medicine as vulneraria and bleeding. Pimpernel minor. 1. f. Pimpernel.