Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Scattered locations west of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California and Nevada; occurring in central U.S and eastern North America.
Habitat: Moist, disturbed ground along lakes, ponds, roadsides and near gardens.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Scattered locations west of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia south to California and Nevada; occurring in central U.S and eastern North America.
Habitat: Moist, disturbed ground along lakes, ponds, roadsides and near gardens.
Species Description:
General: Prostrate, glabrous, perennial herbs, the creeping stems rooting at the nodes, covered with tiny red dots.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, nearly orbicular to oval, 1-3 cm. long and broad.
Flowers: Flowers single in the leaf axils on pedicels 1-3 cm. long; calyx united only at the base, the 5 lobes 6-9 mm. long, cordate-lanceolate; corolla divided nearly to the base, rotate, yellow, the 5 lobes 8-12 mm. long, with glandular hairs on the margins and on the base of the upper surfaces; stamens 5, exerted, opposite the corolla lobes; filaments glandular-pubescent, several times as long as the anthers, unequal, united at the base;
Fruits: Capsule opening by 5 valves.
General: Prostrate, glabrous, perennial herbs, the creeping stems rooting at the nodes, covered with tiny red dots.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, nearly orbicular to oval, 1-3 cm. long and broad.
Flowers: Flowers single in the leaf axils on pedicels 1-3 cm. long; calyx united only at the base, the 5 lobes 6-9 mm. long, cordate-lanceolate; corolla divided nearly to the base, rotate, yellow, the 5 lobes 8-12 mm. long, with glandular hairs on the margins and on the base of the upper surfaces; stamens 5, exerted, opposite the corolla lobes; filaments glandular-pubescent, several times as long as the anthers, unequal, united at the base;
Fruits: Capsule opening by 5 valves.
Accepted Name:
Lysimachia nummularia L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Lysimachia nummularia
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Lysimachia nummularia specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Lysimachia nummularia specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Lysimachia nummularia treatment.
E-Flora BC: Lysimachia nummularia atlas page.
CalPhotos: Lysimachia nummularia images.
USDA Plants Database: Lysimachia nummularia.
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Fred Weinmann
Fred Weinmann
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
G. D. Carr, 2009
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