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Hypericum anagalloides

Tinker's penny

Family HypericaceaeAlso called Creeping St. John's-wort, Bog St. John's-wort

About

A mat-forming annual or perennial St. John's wort of wet mountain meadows and streambanks in western North America.

Field notes

Morphology

Spreads by stolons into lush green patches. Stems lie along the ground or turn up at the tips, reaching about 25 cm but often much shorter. Round to oval gland-dotted leaves are 4–15 mm long. Flowers have five golden-yellow petals and up to 25 stamens.

Distribution & habitat

Western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, in wet places such as mountain meadows and streambanks.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
—
Native to
Canada, United States
IUCN status
Least concern

Cultivation

Difficulty
Not recorded

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