Hypericum Species, Myrtleleaf St. Johnswort

Hypericum myrtifolium is found mostly in areas of grass and sedge dominance and seasonal inundation (wet prairies, wet pine savannas, out...Read Moreer edges of cypress ponds and strands) from southern Georgia south through most of Florida and west near the coast to southeast Mississippi. It is the only native Hypericum in this region with clasping leaf bases and 5 petals and sepals (H. tetrapetalum also has clasping leaf bases, but only 4 petals and sepals). It can be either herbaceous or sub-shrubby, and semi-evergreen or completely deciduous, depending on age of the plant and winter weather conditions.