Re: "Charlie" plant
- Subject: Re: "Charlie" plant
- From: Joe Seals g*@yahoo.com
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:44:47 -0700 (PDT)
Charles:
Is it possibly the plant most people call "Creeping
Charlie" -- or in the olden days, "Swedish Ivy" --
which used to be Plectranthus australis or P.
nummularius and is now Plectranthus verticillatus?
Another common house plant of years gone by that went
by the nom-de-homey of "Charlie" long before
Plectranthus, however, is Pilea nummularifolia.
And then there's the other less well known "creeping
charlies":
Centella asiatica (and oddball that's also called
spadeleaf)
Glechoma hederacea (a.k.a. Ground ivy, Gill-over-the
ground)
Hydrocotyle umbellata (the funny little navelwort or
pennywort)
Lysimachia nummularifolia (also known as Creeping
Jenny and moneywort) AND even
Sutera cordata (usually sold in nurseries as Bacopa)
Joe
--- Charles Dills <cdills@charter.net> wrote:
> >What is the botanical name for the indoor plant
> that is called a "Charlie."
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Ken Kramer
=====
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my garden always has something blooming
and birds galore
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