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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. St. John's Worts and Allies
  7. St. John's-worts
  8. Hypericum Subsect. Centrosperma
  9. Bedstraw St. John's Wort

species 1,042 observations

Bedstraw St. John's Wort

Hypericum galioides

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

21 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Half-Spot, Stained-back Leafroller Moth 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ring-necked Duck, Alconeura macra 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee 17

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Ground covers
Light
Full sun Part shade
Moisture
Well drained Moist Wet
Soil
Sand Loam Clay
Deer resistant
Yes
Resists
Heat Humidity
Habit
Clumping Erect Multi stemmed Spreading
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Ground cover

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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