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Hypericum lobocarpum

Fivelobe St. Johnswort

Family Hypericaceae

About

A deciduous shrub of open wet places in the southeastern United States, with yellow summer flowers and lobed capsules.

Field notes

Morphology

Opposite, entire leaves and yellow flowers in summer. Separated from the related H. densiflorum by its five-parted ovary and lobed capsules.

Distribution & habitat

Mainly the western part of the southeastern United States, on stream banks, lake margins, swamps and pine savannas.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
—
Native to
United States

Cultivation

Difficulty
Not recorded

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