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Hypericum prolificum - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Hypericaceae

Habitat

Cliffs, woods, swamp margins.

Associates

Distribution

NY to southern MI and MN, south to GA and LA.

Morphology

Diffiusely branched shrub; stems to 2 m, twigs sharply 2-edged; leaves articulate at the base, linear to oblong or narrowly elliptic, 3-6 cm long, typically abruptly narrowed to a short petiole; inflorescence a small terminal cyme of mostly 3-7 flowers, often with additional cymules in the upper axils; petals 7-10 mm; styles 3(4), connate at the base and forming a beak on the fruit; fruit mostly 7-14 mm, 3(4)-locular, the partitions meeting in the center but not joined.

Notes

Flowers July to September

Wetland indicator: FACU

Similar to H. densiflorum but with slightly larger fruits (7 x 3.5 mm) and fewer flowers in the terminal inflorescence (1-7). Easily cultivated and not attractive to deer.

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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