- Yellow Pimpernel ( Lysimachia nemorum )
- Evergreen, hairless perennial, similar to creeping jenny but more delicate.
The oval or heart-shaped leaves are carried in opposite pairs along creeping
stems. Yellow, star-like flowers, 10 to 15 mm across, are borne on slender
stalks, May to August. Creeping
This a low, creeping, hairless perennial. It can be confused with Creeping Jenny
(Lysimachia nummularia), which can be found in wet open woodland, as well as
other damp habitats, but the flowers of the Yellow Pimpernel are smaller and
flatter (as opposed to the cup-shaped flowers of Creeping Jenny) and its leaves
have pointed tips (as opposed to the more rounded leaves on Creeping Jenny).
Yellow Pimpernel grows throughout Britain and Ireland. It grows in damp or shady
woodland, hedges and fields.