Hypericum anagalloides
Tinker's penny
Family HypericaceaeAlso called Creeping St. John's-wort, Bog St. John's-wort
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About
A mat-forming annual or perennial St. John's wort of wet mountain meadows and streambanks in western North America.
Field notes
Morphology
Spreads by stolons into lush green patches. Stems lie along the ground or turn up at the tips, reaching about 25 cm but often much shorter. Round to oval gland-dotted leaves are 4–15 mm long. Flowers have five golden-yellow petals and up to 25 stamens.
Distribution & habitat
Western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, in wet places such as mountain meadows and streambanks.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States
- IUCN status
- Least concern
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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