Hypericaceae
Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Hypericum tetrapetalum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Synonyms
- Ascyrum amplexicaule Michx.
- Ascyrum cubense Griseb.
- Ascyrum tetrapetalum (Lam.) Vail
- Hypericum cubense Griseb.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to June (from 442 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Libby Sheer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gale luby, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Irma Torres, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alex Arriaza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Barbara Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cthulhu mittens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.