Scientific Name: Lysimachia nummularia
Common Name: creeping Jenny, moneywort
Family Name: Primulaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Summer interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Orbicular, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Trailing ground cover rooting at nodes; leaves opposite, most broadly obovate, 1-2cm long, petioles 1-5mm long; flowers with 5 bright yellow petals, cup-shaped, ~2cm wide.