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Lysimachia congestiflora
Golden globes loosestrife, also called creeping Jenny, is a low, creeping perennial grown for its bright yellow flowers and variegated or purple-leaved cultivars. It thrives in moist, well-drained soil and is easy to grow in sun or part shade.
Lysimachia congestiflora, known as golden globes loosestrife or creeping Jenny, is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae. It is native to southeast Asia.
It is grown as an ornamental plant for its bright yellow flowers and easy maintenance, in moist well-drained soils, thriving in full sun to partial shade. It can be grown from stem cuttings. Cultivars include:
‘Aurea’
Lysimachia congestiflora yields the O-methylated flavonol syringetin.
It occurs in China, Bhutan, northeast India, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar and Thailand in moist forest edges, bushes and the edges of rice fields at altitudes of 200 to 2100 meters.
Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Lysimachia ephemerum · Sea-milkwort · Creeping jenny · Dotted Loosestrife · Yellow Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia congestiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
