Lysimachia nummularia

Creeping-jenny

Family: Myrsinaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Creeping-jenny is a naturalized perennial herb found in northern Sierra Nevada counties including Folsom and Plumas County in moist meadows at elevations around 1,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces bright yellow flowers with 5 ovate petals 10 to 15 millimeters long. Growing with creeping stems 20 to 50 centimeters long that often root at the nodes, it spreads horizontally across the ground. Its opposite leaves are ovate to nearly round, measuring 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters long with distinct petioles. The plant rarely produces fruit, with seed capsules that are slightly ovoid and smaller than the flower's calyx.

Habitat: Moist meadows

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: +- 1000 m.

Bioregions: n SN (Folsom, Sacramento Co. near Quincy, Plumas Co.)

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