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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia nummularia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Moneywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia nummularia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Lysimachia nummularia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-004:
Lysimachia nummularia FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia nummularia
COMMON NAME:
Moneywort, Creeping Jenny, Creeping Charlie
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lynu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lynu_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1120
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180408_1122
April McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_nummularia_0260
May Catawba County NC
The only creeping Lysimachia of our southern mountains, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_l_nummularia_0476
May Catawba County NC
The 1/2-1" leaves are nearly circular and short-stalked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Dan Whitten sdw_mudwort
August Madison County AL
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lysimachia nummularia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lysimachia nummularia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Lysimachia nummularia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-02-004:
Lysimachia nummularia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lysimachia nummularia
890
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Lawns, pastures, seepages, other moist, disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate to campanulate-rotate corolla
5 stamens, united into a conspicuous tube
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in 2-5 consecutive leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p266
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p255
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p106
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p134
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p121
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