Hypericum brachyphyllum (Spach) Steud.

Shortleaf St. John's Wort; Coastal Plain St. John's Wort

Shrub

Perennial

Vascular

Coastal Plain St. John's Wort is a native evergreen woody shrub in the St Johns Wort family (Hypericaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Coastal Plain St. John's Wort occurs in bogs, in seeps, in wet pine flatwoods, along streams, and around the margins of ponds. It is a woody shrub growing 2-4 feet in height. The plant often forms rounded mounds. The bark is reddish-brown in color and smooth. It exfoliates in small strips or plates. Leaves are opposite, linear, entire, glabrous, with revolute margins. The leaves have fascicles of smaller leaves in their axils, and punctate dots on the upper surface. The stem internode is 2-winged. Flowers are produced in 3-5 flowered cymes. Each flower has 5 linear sepals and 5 yellow petals. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule.--A. Diamond

**

Native FACW (NWPL)

**