Dense-flowered Loosestrife

Lysimachia congestiflora

"Lysimachia congestiflora", known as golden globes loosestrife or creeping Jenny, is a flowering plant species in the primrose family that native to southeast Asia.
Golden globes loosestrife Native to south-east Asia. Also commonly known as creeping Jenny. 

Ground covering herbaceous plant, covering areas by runners and stolons. The small flowers appear at the end of the stems in groups of two to four. 

This is cultivar Persian Carpet with a lovely purplish colour to the foliage. 

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Appearance

It is an aboveground perennial and a herbaceous, stolon-former plant that reaches heights of 10 to 20 cm. The stem is creeping to ascending and forms knots at the roots.

The leaves are opposite. There are two pairs of leaves just below the inflorescence. The leaf blade measures 1.4 to 3 × 1.3 to 2.2 centimetres and is ovate to broadly ovate or almost circular. It has pressed, articulated hair, and mainly has reddish or black glandular points on the edge.

Distribution

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.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderEricales
FamilyPrimulaceae
GenusLysimachia
SpeciesL. congestiflora
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Australia