About
Coppery St. John's wort is an erect perennial herb of wet, sandy places in the eastern United States.
Field notes
Morphology
Hairless, with clumped four-angled stems 25–65 cm tall that branch only at the base and in the flowerheads. Leaves are thick, leathery, ovate to oval and 0.8–2.5 cm long.
Distribution & habitat
Sandy or clayey shores, swamps, ditches, gravelly hills and pine barrens up to 700 m, from New York to Georgia and Alabama; var. recognitum rarely in Illinois.
History & etymology
Two varieties are recognised, recognitum and acutifolium. Its closest relative is a Brazilian plant, H. rigidum var. sellowianum, probably reflecting ancient long-distance dispersal.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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