Common name:
Creeping jenny
Family:
Scientific name:
Lysimachia nummularia
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales, England and southern Scotland
Height:
Stems are up to 40 cm, growing along the ground
Habitat:
Damp grassland and woodland
Flowers:
Five yellow petals, angled upwards to form a bell-shape, and five relatively broad green sepals. At the centre are five stamens, with yellow filaments and whitish anthers. Flowers are solitary, attached by short, relatively thick stalks (around 1 cm) at the leaf nodes. Petal margins have a fringe of tiny hairs
Leaves:
Opposite, hairless, broadly oval, up to 3 cm long, rounded at the tips, with pinnate veins
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
