Hypericum majus
Large St. Johnswort
Family HypericaceaeAlso called Greater Canadian St. John's wort
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About
A perennial herb of damp open ground across northern North America, the more northern relative of H. pauciflorum.
Field notes
Morphology
Erect and stout, 10–70 cm tall, from a taproot. Four-angled stems branch mostly in the upper half. Lance-shaped leaves are 1.5–4.5 cm long.
Distribution & habitat
Bogs, marshes, ditches, meadows and woodlands up to 1,200 m, from New Brunswick and Quebec to southern British Columbia and south to Colorado, Kansas and Ohio. Introduced to Germany, France and Japan.
History & etymology
Majus means "larger".
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States
- IUCN status
- Least concern
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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