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Lysimachia nummularia

Lysimachia nummularia L.

creeping jenny, moneywort

Cultivar(s): Aurea
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)
Image ID: 33723
Image by: Fleming, Gary P.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: LYNU
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lysimachia nummularia
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-01-27

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id Cultivar_name Action
1428 Aurea View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: LYSIM
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Lysimachia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Yellow loosestrife
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 180 species, herbs (rarely shrubs), cosmopolitan. Hao et al. (2004) showed that the traditional subgeneric classification of Lysimachia is highly artificial, and that Glaux is embedded within Lysimachia.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Cholewa in FNA (2009); Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015)=X; Manns & Anderberg (2009)=Y; Coffey & Jones (1980)=Z; Hao et al. (2004); Ståhl & Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004). Key partly adapted from X and Z. [including Anagallis, Centunculus, Glaux, and Trientalis]

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: PRIMUL
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Primulaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Ventenat 1799
FAMILY COMMON: Primrose Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: As broadly circumscribed to include Myrsinaceae and Samolaceae, cosmopolitan in distribution. Following the discovery that various herbaceous and largely temperate genera (Lysimachia [including Trientalis and Anagallis], Samolus, etc.) traditionally placed in Primulaceae actually were more closely related to the largely tropical and woody Myrsinaceae, various authors, including Källersjö, Bergqvist, & Anderberg (2000) and Martins, Oberprieler, & Hellwig (2003) proposed the transfer of Lysimachia, Anagallis, and Trientalis to Myrsinaceae and of Samolus to Theophrastaceae. APG III (2009) alternatively merges Samolaceae and Myrsinaceae into Primulaceae, and recognizes variation at the subfamilial and tribal ranks; this approach is followed here.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Cholewa in FNA (2009); Cholewa & Kelso in FNA (2009); Cholewa, Pipoly, and Ricketson in FNA (2009); Channell & Wood (1959); APG III (2009); Källersjö, Bergqvist, & Anderberg (2000); Martins, Oberprieler & Hellwig (2003); Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004); Ståhl in Kubitzki (2004), Ståhl & Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004). [including MYRSINACEAE and SAMOLACEAE]

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Prostrate, rhizomatous perennial found in lawns, pastures, seepages and other moist, disturbed places. Native of Europe.
STEMS: Stems creeping, slender, often forming mats and rooting at nodes, smooth or with a few stalked glands.
LEAVES: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, round, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long, semi-evergreen, smooth and covered with tiny, red dots.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers on long stalks from leaf axils, usually 2 per axil; yellow; 3/4-1 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 ascending-spreading, oval petals finely speckled with red or black and 5 oval, pointed sepals with subtle keels.
FRUITS:
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 2–4 in. (to 2 ft. long)

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Opposite
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION:

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: May-Aug
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow
White Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Lavender Purple Violet Brown Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Sep.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Disturbed
NATIVE RANGE:

HORTICULTURAL
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Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
2450 1986-2291 View
3269 1990-0119 View
3270 1990-0120 View
6187 1995-1319 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
4161 2450 27 NCBG staff 1986-12-31 View
5440 3269 8 NCBG staff 1983-06-07 View
5441 3270 8 NCBG staff 1989-06-01 View
8842 6187 2 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: LYNU
USDA Common Name: Creeping Jenny
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:AGCPAKAWCBEMPGPHIMWNCNEWMVE
Status: FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lysimachia nummularia
COMMON NAME: Creeping Charlie, Creeping Jenny, Moneywort
SYNONYMY: [= C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, Mo, Pa, RAB, S, Va, W]
PHENOLOGY: May-Aug; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Lawns, pastures, seepages, other moist, disturbed places; native of Europe.
COMMENTS: The leaves have many minute, maroon dots.
RANGE MAP: Lysimachia nummularia.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Primulaceae Ventenat 1799 (Primrose Family)
SUMMARY: As broadly circumscribed to include Myrsinaceae and Samolaceae, cosmopolitan in distribution. Following the discovery that various herbaceous and largely temperate genera (Lysimachia [including Trientalis and Anagallis], Samolus, etc.) traditionally placed in Primulaceae actually were more closely related to the largely tropical and woody Myrsinaceae, various authors, including Källersjö, Bergqvist, & Anderberg (2000) and Martins, Oberprieler, & Hellwig (2003) proposed the transfer of Lysimachia, Anagallis, and Trientalis to Myrsinaceae and of Samolus to Theophrastaceae. APG III (2009) alternatively merges Samolaceae and Myrsinaceae into Primulaceae, and recognizes variation at the subfamilial and tribal ranks; this approach is followed here.
REFERENCE: Cholewa in FNA (2009); Cholewa & Kelso in FNA (2009); Cholewa, Pipoly, and Ricketson in FNA (2009); Channell & Wood (1959); APG III (2009); Källersjö, Bergqvist, & Anderberg (2000); Martins, Oberprieler & Hellwig (2003); Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004); Ståhl in Kubitzki (2004), Ståhl & Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004). [including MYRSINACEAE and SAMOLACEAE]
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Lysimachia L. (Yellow loosestrife)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 180 species, herbs (rarely shrubs), cosmopolitan. Hao et al. (2004) showed that the traditional subgeneric classification of Lysimachia is highly artificial, and that Glaux is embedded within Lysimachia.
REFERENCE: Cholewa in FNA (2009); Estes, Shaw, & Mausert-Mooney (2015)=X; Manns & Anderberg (2009)=Y; Coffey & Jones (1980)=Z; Hao et al. (2004); Ståhl & Anderberg in Kubitzki (2004). Key partly adapted from X and Z. [including Anagallis, Centunculus, Glaux, and Trientalis]

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Lysimachia nummularia in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Lysimachia nummularia in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Lysimachia nummularia in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Lysimachia nummularia in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Lysimachia nummularia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Lysimachia nummularia

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 33723 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 33724 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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