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Bertrand Bui, Tela Botanica · CC BY-SA 2.0
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia L.
Also known as: Moneywort
Family: Primulaceae
5 to 10 cm tall, in a creeping carpet
Banks, shady gardens, ground cover, moist soils
Flowering: May – August
Part shade
Shade
Hardy to -25°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its small round leaves, reminiscent of coins, earned it the French nickname 'herbe aux écus' ('coin grass').
🍃 Leaves
Small, round, opposite, bright green, coin-like
🌸 Flowers
Small bright yellow stars, solitary in the leaf axils
🍎 Fruits
Small capsules, barely visible
🪵 Bark
Creeping stems forming a dense trailing carpet
🗺️ Distribution
Europe; common in damp, cool places, ditches and streamsides in France.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Yellow flowers rich in floral oils, visited by specialist bees as well as generalists.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Ground cover for moist beds, pond margins, trailing pots; golden cultivar widely used in window boxes.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
No known toxicity.
🌱 Known cultivars
'Aurea'
The cultivar 'Aurea' has golden to bright yellow-green foliage, quite different from the bright green leaves of the wild species.
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