Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Lus an dá phingin Family: Primulaceae Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native / introduced. Cup-shaped yellow flowers with broad-triangular sepals grow on stalks from the leaf axils but rarely set seeds. The evergreen leaves are round or bluntly oval, hairless and short-stalked. Creeping stems root at the lower nodes and plants can spread rapidly from root fragments Damp soils near water, also in woods, shaded hedges and damp grassland. Probably native in south, but possibly introduced in north of Ireland Similar: Yellow Pimpernel, L. nemorum has pointed leaves and petals

Creeping-jenny, Lysimachia nummularia, Lus an dá phingin