Goatweed and Lysimachia (re: Chris)

>  
>  Nummularia is low-growing "creeping jenny" and Punctata
>  is tall, yellow-flowering, "Loosestrife". 
>  Would someone explain
>  how these two could be related? >>
> 
Well, Lysimachia is in the Primulaceae family which is descended from
Magnoliophya -> Magnoliopsida -> Dilleniidae -> Primulales.

Primulaceae includes the genera Cyclamen, Soldanella, Cortusa, Primula,
Dodecatheon, Anagallis, and Lysimachia.

These plants all exhibit the same floral/reproductive characteristics.

   http://www.mallorn.com/pom/May97/

Does that answer your question?  :)


THANKS! Chris, It took me all this time to read it, much
less understand it. I appreciate the time you took to
find this information. I have only begun to identify
my plants by genus, but this one had
to be found because the plants look
so different - like Laurel and Hardy!
The mystery of classifying different-looking 
flowers in the same family
has been made clearer (somewhat)! 
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