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Hypericum perforatum L.
common St. Johnswort

       
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Photo of Hypericum perforatum L.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Princeton, Princeton Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Hypericum perforatum L.

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Distribution:
Hypericum perforatum L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Hypericum perforatum L.

View 8 genera in Clusiaceae, 76 species in Hypericum
 

Classification:
Hypericum perforatum L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Theales
Family Clusiaceae – Mangosteen family
Genus Hypericum L. – St. Johnswort
Species Hypericum perforatum L. – common St. Johnswort
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Hypericum perforatum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
klamathweed              C list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
common St. Johnswort              C list (noxious weeds)
Montana:
St. Johnswort              Category 1 noxious weed
Nevada:
Klamath weed              Noxious weed
Oregon:
St.Johnswort, Klamath weed              "B" designated weed
South Dakota:
St. Johnswort              Regulated non-native plant species
Washington:
common St. Johnswort              Class C noxious weed
Wyoming:
common St. Johnswort              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Hypericum perforatum L.

Klamathweed
St. John's wort
common St. John's wort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WI        Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Hypericum perforatum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Hypericum perforatum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21454.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Hypericum perforatum L.

British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program

Herbal Information Resources

MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

Poisonous Plants of the Southern United States

Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

WA-Noxious Weed List & Information

Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

 
 
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