# Hypericum anagalloides

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family}}
{{Redirect|Creeping St. John's-wort|another plant known by the same name|Hypericum adpressum}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Hypericumanagalloides.jpg
|genus = Hypericum
|parent = Hypericum sect. Trigynobrathys
|species = anagalloides
|authority = [Cham.](/source/Adelbert_von_Chamisso) & [Schltdl.](/source/Diederich_Franz_Leonhard_von_Schlechtendal)
}}

'''''Hypericum anagalloides''''' is a species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant) in the St. John's wort family [Hypericaceae](/source/Hypericaceae). It is known by the common names '''creeping St. John's-wort''', '''tinker's penny'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYAN2 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.wildflower.org}}</ref> and '''bog St. John's-wort'''.

It is native to western North America from [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) to [California](/source/California) and [Nevada](/source/Nevada), where it grows in wet areas such as mountain meadows and streambanks. This is a [stolon](/source/stolon)iferous annual or perennial herb forming lush green patches on the ground. The stems lie across the ground or rise erect somewhat at the ends and grow to about 25 centimeters in maximum length; they are often much shorter and form a carpetlike mat. Each round or oval gland-dotted green leaf is 4 to 15 millimeters long. The flowers grow singly or clustered together. Each has five oval-shaped petals which are usually golden yellow, and up to 25 yellow- or white-anthered [stamen](/source/stamen)s.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=28732 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[https://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile/HYAN2 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Hypericum+anagalloides Photo gallery]

{{Taxonbar|from=Q5958076}}

anagalloides
Category:Flora of Northern America

{{Hypericum-stub}}

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