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Re: Penny for your thoughts



> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:11:17 -0700
> From: DOUGLAS HEROLD <dherold at ctcentral_com>
> 
> I recently purchased some pond penny, which I have assumed is
> Lysimachia nummularia. In trying to find out more about this plant in
> APD and elsewhere on the net, I have found several references to a
> terrestrial, flowering pond penny, also L. nummularia. Does anyone
> know if this is the same plant, a variety of the same plant, or a
> completely different species? 

If it has the same scientific name, it's the same plant.  I have seen
pictures of emersed L.nummularia and it is a different form than the
submersed form.  

George