Moneywort     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Lysimachia nummularia
Common Name Synonyms: Creeping Jenny


NOTES: Prefers moist conditions, tolerating shallow water and wet mucky soil. Native to Europe and western Asia.

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Moneywort
Genus species: Lysimachia nummularia
Common Names: Moneywort
Creeping Jenny
Family Name: Primulaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves various, simple and entire in most; flowers bisexual, regular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule with free central placentation.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Backyard Habitat
Herb Wall
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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