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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Primulaceae
Lysimachia nummularia L.
creeping-Charlie, creeping-Jennie, moneywort
Lysimachia: probably for Greek king Lysimachus or maybe from Greek lysis for "a release from" and mache for "fighting or strife"
nummularia: resembling a coin, nummus, often applied to plants with small, almost circular leaves
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; potentially invasive |
| Plant: | creeping or matting perennial, 1"-2" tall forb |
| Flower: | yellow and dotted with dark red, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" wide, stalk about the same length as the leaves; solitary from the leaf axils; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | opposite, dotted, roundish |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods, disturbed sites |
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