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Hypericum brachyphyllum (Spach)Steud.
Coastalplain St.john's-wort
Florida native
A frequent evergreen shrub of wet to dry flatwoods, bogs and pond margins throughout much of Florida. The range extends through the southeastern coastal plain from Louisiana into South Carolina.
Growing erect up to 1.5m (5 ft.) tall but usually shorter. The leaves are opposite, simple and needle-like with the largest 6-10mm (1/4 to 3.8 in.) long. The leaf margins are strongly revolute (turned under) and have black dots that are conspicuous under magnification. The flowers usually appear singly in the leaf axils and have five yellow petals, five needle-like sepals up to 3.5mm (~1/8 in.) long and many stamens. The fruit is a narrow mostly cylindrical capsule less than 5mm (~3/16 in.) long.
Hypericum brachyphyllum is a member of the Clusiaceae - Mangosteen family.
Other species of the Hypericum genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Hypericum canadense - LESSER CANADIAN ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum chapmanii - APALACHICOLA ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum cistifolium - ROUNDPOD ST. JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum cumulicola - HIGHLANDS SCRUB ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum edisonianum - ARCADIAN ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum fasciculatum - SANDWEED
Hypericum frondosum - CEDARGLADE ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum gymnanthum - CLASPINGLEAF ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum hypericoides - ST.ANDREW'S-CROSS
Hypericum mutilum - DWARF ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum myrtifolium - MYRTLELEAF ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum tenuifolium - ATLANTIC ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Hypericum tetrapetalum - FOURPETAL ST.JOHN'S-WORT
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Apr 12, 2024
