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Hypericum frondosum
Cedarglade St.john's-wort
Florida native
A rare perennial shrub of hardwood forests and cedar glades of Jackson and Gadsden Counties in the Florida Panhandle. The range includes the southeastern coastal states from Texas to Virginia, north into Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, plus New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The five-petaled yellow terminal flowers may be soitary or in three-flowered bunches. Leaves are opposite and entire, not needlelike.
Hypericum frondosum is a member of the Clusiaceae - Mangosteen family.
Other species of the Hypericum genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Hypericum brachyphyllum - COASTALPLAIN ST.JOHN'S-WORT
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 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
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 23, 2021
