About Hypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.Robson
Commonly called Pineland St. John's wort, Hypericum suffruticosum is a small, spreading shrub that reaches 5 to 20 cm (2.0 to 7.9 in) in height, with many-branched stems. Young stems are four-lined, and they peel into thin, reddish-brown strips or flakes as the plant matures. Its leaves are slightly leathery, measuring 3 to 10 mm (0.12 to 0.39 in) long and 1 to 3 mm (0.039 to 0.118 in) across. The leaves are sessile or subsessile, have pale undersides, and their margins are flat or slightly recurved. Each inflorescence produces just one single flower. The flower sits on a pedicel 5 to 12 mm (0.20 to 0.47 in) long that becomes recurved or reflexed when mature. Flowers measure 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in) across, and have 4 sepals, 4 pale yellow petals, and roughly 30 stamens. The plant's ovary is two-parted. Hypericum suffruticosum is found on the Atlantic coastal plain in the southeastern United States, specifically in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It grows in dry, open, sandy habitats including pine flatwoods and savannas.
