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Lysimachia nummularia (creeping jenny; moneywort)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lysimachia nummularia (syn. Lysimachia zawadzkii Wiesner) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. Its common names include creeping jenny, moneywort, herb twopence and twopenny thot.
View Wikipedia Record: Lysimachia nummularia

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Flies, Bats
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  Can be used as a ground cover plant in moist soils but requires weeding for the first year or so. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way and form a carpet, rooting as they spread;
Height [1]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Width [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Damp
View Plants For A Future Record : Lysimachia nummularia

Protected Areas

Predators

Aceria laticinctus <Unverified Name>[4]
Monostegia abdominalis[4]
Septoria lysimachiae[5]
Thecabius lysimachiae[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Septoria lysimachiae[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Ecology of Commanster
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0