Hypericum canadense
Canadian St. John's-wort
Family HypericaceaeAlso called Lesser Canadian St. Johnswort, Lesser St. John's wort
About
A slender yellow-flowered herb of eastern North America, also naturalised in Ireland and the Netherlands.
Field notes
Morphology
A perennial with slender four-angled stems 5–75 cm tall and fibrous roots, without rhizomes or stolons. Narrow linear leaves 1–4 cm long have translucent dots; lower leaves become smaller, purplish and crowded.
Distribution & habitat
Eastern Canada and the United States, from Ontario to Newfoundland and south to northern Florida. Considered extirpated from Manitoba. Found in the Netherlands since at least 1909; a reported French record proved erroneous.
History & etymology
The epithet canadense means "Canadian".
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States, Netherlands, Ireland
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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