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
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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow
White
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Lavender
Purple
Violet
Brown
Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Sep. DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Disturbed
NATIVE RANGE: HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:
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 SymbolsABOUT 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)