Flower ID: IMG_2886.JPG-07-18-2022 Flower name (scientific): Hypericum punctatum Lamarck PY: 1797. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) hy-PER-ih-kum punk-TAH-tum (or pung-KTA-tum) Flower name (common): Spotted St. John's-wort Family name (common): St. John's-wort Family name (scientific): Hypericaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek for above pictures. Referring to its use above shrines to repel evil spirits. Also the Greek name for St. John's Wort, which typically blooms around St. John's Day, June 24. Specific epithet: Dotted, spotted, or marked with glands. Refers to the black colored spots that are present on the leaves and the petals. Common name origin: From the very visible spotted appearance of the leaves and its membership in the St. John's-wort family. Flower description: Size: 0.3 to 0.6 inches (8 to 15 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-cyme Plant description: Size: 6 to 40 inches (15 to 102 cm) Stem hairy: glabrous Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple, usually with numerous dark brown to black dots present. Size: Leaves are up to 6 cm long and up to about 20 to 25 mm wide. Color: upper surface medium green, lower surface paler. Hairy: glabrous Other: Shape: leaf, elliptic or oblong to lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, or oblanceolate (FNA), oblong, oval, or bluntly lanceolate (IL), oblong-elliptic to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate (MB) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, forests, fields, prairies, savannas, open disturbed areas, moist to dry, semi shade to sun. Fruit: Capsules 3 to 6 mm in length. Seed: Light brown to brown in color, about 0.5 to 0.9 mm in length. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. The black-spotted leaves help to ID this species. Ethnobotany: The Meskwaki employed the leaves of this plant as a component of a medicine used for unknown ailments (Smith, p. 223, 1928). Latitude: 44.797175 Longitude: -91.523125 Altitude: 240.70 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Brown, Buffalo, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (NS, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): na Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 9 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FAC Wetland Status (MW): FAC