Shrubby St. Johnswort

Hypericum prolificum Clusiaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, New Jersey to Iowa and Georgia

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery, The Plantsmen, Windrose Nursery

Description

Erect, densly bushy evergreen shrub reaching 1m in height; branches 2-sided, leaves thin and narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, acute, glossy, 3-7cm long, often somewhat clustered in the leaf axils, margins somewhat involuted. Flowers many, grouped in terminal and axillary foliate panicles; corolla 2.5cm wide, petals obovate, styles 3, connate at the base, blooming July-September.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Status

L1|S2|G5