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Hypericum punctatum Lamarck. Section: Hypericum. Common name: Spotted St. John's-wort. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Fields, woodland borders. Distribution: QC west to MN, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, Fl2, FNA6, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Adams (1973), Robson (2006); = Hypericum punctatum Lam. var. punctatum — F; > Hypericum maculatum Walter — S13; < Hypericum punctatum Lam. — GrPl; > Hypericum punctatum Lam. — S; > Hypericum subpetiolatum E.P.Bicknell ex Small — S, S13; Hypericum punctatum Lam. Basionym: Hypericum punctatum Lam. 1797

Links to other floras: = Hypericum punctatum - FNA6

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial with a somewhat woody base, found in wet to dry fields, woodlands, woodland borders and openings.

Stems: Stems branched above, reddish and smooth but covered with tiny, black dots.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, blunt tipped, with conspicuous black dots.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers at the ends of multiple short, ascending branches at top of plant; bright yellow; 3/8-5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals that are conspicuously streaked and spotted with black, 5 shorter sepals, and an erect cluster of bushy stamens and styles in the center.

Fruits: Fruit a reddish, erect, oval capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial with a somewhat woody base, found in wet to dry fields, woodlands, woodland borders and openings.

stems: Stems branched above, reddish and smooth but covered with tiny, black dots.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, blunt tipped, with conspicuous black dots.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers at the ends of multiple short, ascending branches at top of plant; bright yellow; 3/8-5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals that are conspicuously streaked and spotted with black, 5 shorter sepals, and an erect cluster of bushy stamens and styles in the center.

fruits: Fruit a reddish, erect, oval capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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native range: eastern North America



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