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Hypericum canadense - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Hypericaceae

Habitat

Sandy or muddy shores, fens, wet meadows.

Associates

Distribution

Newfoundland and Quebec to MN, south to GA and AL.

Morphology

Herbaceous annual, or perennial from short, leafy stolons; stems slender, erect, 10-60 cm; leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-4 cm long, obtuse, tapering to the narrow base, 1-nerved or weakly 3-nerved; inflorescence compact or more often loose; bracts subulate; sepals lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3-5 mm; petals 2.5-3 mm; stamens 12-22; styles 3(4), under 1 mm; fruit red-purple, mostly conic, 4-6 mm.

Notes

Flowers July to September

Wetland indicator: FACW

Similar to, and can hybridize with, H. majus (A. Gray) Britton which has leaves more rounded at the base and with 3-5(-7) primary veins.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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