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Lysimachia foenum-graecum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is widely distributed in India and southern China, including from southeastern Yunnan through Guangxi to southwestern Hunan and northern Guangdong.
In Chinese, its most widespread common name is simplified Chinese: 灵香草; traditional Chinese: 靈香草; pinyin: língxiāngcǎo; Jyutping: ling4 hoeng1 cou2. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for headache, toothache, sore throat, chest and abdominal distension and ascariasis.
Lysimachia foemina · Lysimachia minima · Lysimachia monelli · Pimpernel · Scarlet pimpernel · Roughleaf yellow loosestrife · Azorean Loosestrife · Manchurian yellow loosestrife · Fringed loosestrife · Gooseneck yellow loosestrife · Mixed Yellow Loosestrife · Dense Flowered Loosestrife
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysimachia foenum-graecum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
