Freshwater
Creeping jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Primulaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Foreground, Midground
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Medium
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 20 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, and 17 more countries.
Introduced to Australia, Canada, Finland, Russia, and United States.
More about the species
Description
Lysimachia nummularia is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae. Its common names include moneywort, creeping jenny, herb twopence and twopenny grass.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Ephemerum nummularia
- Lysimachia repens
- Lysimachia rotundifolia
- Lysimachia suaveolens
- Lysimachusa nummularia
- Nummularia centimorbia
In other languages
- Krypfredløs
- Penningblad
- Pengebladet Fredløs
- Suikeroalpi
- Creeping-Jenny, Herb twopence, Moneywort, Twopenny grass, Twopenny thot
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