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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Hypericaceae
Hypericum majus (A.Gray) Britton
larger Canadian 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
majus: bigger, larger
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-30"' tall forb, branched at the top |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" wide; inflorescence a branched, compact cluster (cyme) of stalked flowers; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | maroon, elliptical to conical capsule  |
| Leaf: | usually pointing upward, narrowly oblong, meeting at the base and barely clasping the stem |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, shores |
| (Glossary) |
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