Primulaceae
Creeping jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Lysimachia
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- لوسيماخس نقدي, سراجية, سرمج, لوسيما خوس, ليزماكيا
- arz
- لوسيماخس نقدى
- Belarusian
- Лазаніца манетчатая
- Bulgarian
- Кръглолистно ленивче
- Chinese
- 錢葉珍珠菜, 钱叶珍珠菜, 圆叶过路黄
- Croatian
- Metiljeva trava
- Czech
- Vrbina penízková
- Danish
- Pengebladet Fredløs
- dsb
- Wužowe zele
- Dutch
- Penningkruid
- English
- Creeping jenny, Creeping-Jenny, Herb twopence, Moneywort, Twopenny grass, Twopenny thot
- Esperanto
- Monerfolia lizimaĥio
- Estonian
- Roomav metsvits
- Finnish
- Suikeroalpi
- French
- Lysimaque nummulaire, Nummulaire
- German
- Pfennigkraut, Münzkraut, Pfennig-Gilbweiderich
- hsb
- Łažawa žołtnica
- Hungarian
- Pénzlevelű lizinka
- io
- Numulario
- Irish
- Lus an dá phingin
- Italian
- Erba argentina, Erba degli scudi, Erba monetaria, Quattrinella
- Japanese
- コバンコナスビ, リシマキアヌンムラリア, リシマキア・ヌンムラリア, コバンバコナスビ, ヨウシュコナスビ
- Latvian
- Pļavas zeltene
- Lithuanian
- Šliaužiančioji šilingė
- Macedonian
- Полегната метилка
- Malayalam
- ലൈസിമചിയ നമ്മുലേറിയ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krypfredløs
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Krypfredlaus, Krypfredløs
- Persian
- لیسیمچیا نامولاریا
- Polish
- Tojeść rozesłana
- Romanian
- Drețe, Iarbă de lingoare târâitoare, Iarbă de lingoare târâtoare, Iarbă de lingoare tîrîitoare, Iarbă de lingoare tîrîtoare
- Russian
- Вербейник монетный, Вербейник монетчатый, Луговой чай
- Slovak
- Čerkáč peniažtekový
- Slovenian
- Okroglolistna pijavčnica
- Swedish
- Penningblad
- Turkish
- Karga otu
- Ukrainian
- Вербозілля лучне, Адамове ребро, Барвінок дикий, Вербозілля лучний чай, Повій жовтий
- Welsh
- Siani lusg
Synonyms
- Ephemerum nummularia Schur
- Lysimachia nemorum Geners. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Lysimachia nummularia f. longipes (Davidov) Nikolic
- Lysimachia nummularia subf. longipes David
- Lysimachia nummularia var. festiva Bélézé
- Lysimachia repens Gray
- Lysimachia repens Stokes
- Lysimachia rotundifolia F.W.Schmidt
- Lysimachia suaveolens Schoenh. ex Garcke
- Lysimachusa nummularia Pohl
- Nummularia centimorbia Fourr.
- Nummularia prostrata Opiz
- Nummularia repens Gilib.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,901 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S Boisvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bryce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Cook, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julie Travaglini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.