Flowers; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Branch with flowers; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 887 Date of entry: 02.08.2008 Last update: 07.08.2023
English: Creeping Jenny
German: Pfennigkraut
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Ericales (57)
Family: Primulaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Lysimachia (6)
Epithet: nummularia L. (1)
nummularia => round and flat, like a coin
Climate: temperate
Habitat: helophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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