Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia L., Naturalized Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, Creeping Jenny, Running Jenny, Wandering jenny, Herb Twopence

(Creeping Jenny, Running Jenny, Wandering Jenny, Herb Twopence.) In the same genus as the Loosestrifes, this plant is a creeper with roundish opposite leaves and flowers that are yellow, 5-petaled, about 1" wide and on stalks from the leaf axils, with the stalks about the same length as the leaves. The stamens each face their petal and are joined at the base to form a small ring. A somewhat moist site is needed and this allows roots to form from buds at the leaf stalks. As the plant does not set seed, this is its means of further propagation and the source of the various alternate common names alluding to creeping. The alternate name "Herb Twopence" comes from the earliest English Herbal, that of Turner, who coins that name from the leaves appearing as rows of pence with 2 opposite each other. The genus name maybe for Greek king "Lysimachus" who loved gold. The species name is from "nummus", meaning to resemble a coin - referring to the roundish leaves.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia L.	Primrose	Woodland	Early Summer
Other names and notes	(Creeping Jenny, Running Jenny, Wandering Jenny, Herb Twopence.) In the same genus as the Loosestrifes, this plant is a creeper with roundish opposite leaves and flowers that are yellow, 5-petaled, about 1" wide and on stalks from the leaf axils, with the stalks about the same length as the leaves. The stamens each face their petal and are joined at the base to form a small ring. A somewhat moist site is needed and this allows roots to form from buds at the leaf stalks. As the plant does not set seed, this is its means of further propagation and the source of the various alternate common names alluding to creeping. The alternate name "Herb Twopence" comes from the earliest English Herbal, that of Turner, who coins that name from the leaves appearing as rows of pence with 2 opposite each other. The genus name maybe for Greek king "Lysimachus" who loved gold. The species name is from "nummus", meaning to resemble a coin - referring to the roundish leaves.