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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Hypericaceae
Hypericum boreale (Britton) E.P.Bicknell
northern St. John's-wort
Hypericum: ancient Greek name derived from hyper, "above," and eikon, "picture," from old practice of placing flowers above an image in the house to ward off evil spirits at the midsummer festival of Walpurgisnacht, which later became feast of St. John
boreale: northern
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, 4"-16" tall forb, with many upper branches |
| Flower: | yellow; inflorescence a branched cluster (cyme); blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | capsule, dark purple; elliptical  |
| Leaf: | stalkless, elliptical to oval, rounded at both ends  |
| Habitat: | wet; in sandy, mucky soil |
| (Glossary) |
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