Marsh St. John's wort
Botanical name: Triadenum
Marsh St. John's wort
Botanical name: Triadenum
Description
Marsh St. John's wort are a small group of flowering plants characterized by the opposite, rounded leaves, pinkish or flesh-colored flowers with five petals and nine stamens, and the preference for wetland habitats. They are usually found on the edges or shores of water bodies. Because of this strong habitat preference, they can be useful in ecology as wetland indicators.
Species of Marsh St. John's wort
Fraser's marsh St. John's wort
Fraser's marsh St. John's wort (Triadenum fraseri) lives in many types of wetlands throughout the United States and southern Canada. The stems grow up to 60 cm high and sprout leaves that appear to have a bluish, purplish, or even pinkish tinge. Though ordinary St. John's wort is sold as an herbal dietary supplement, fraser's marsh St. John's wort is not the same plant and cannot be used the same way.
Virginia marsh St. John's wort
Virginia marsh St. John's wort (Triadenum virginicum) is a small flowering plant from central and eastern North America. It grows in bogs, wet meadows, fens, marshes, and other damp soil types. The flowers bloom in summer and, in contrast to the yellow flowers of most St. Johns wort species, come in as pink or red.
Triadenum breviflorum
Triadenum breviflorum (Triadenum breviflorum) is a species of Marsh St. John's Wort that is only found in the wild in rice fields, ditches, roadsides, and wet grasslands. The plant's specific epithet, breviflorum, means "short-flowered" and refers to the plant's small white flowers which bloom in summer.
Greater marsh St. John's wort
Greater marsh St. John's wort are a small group of flowering plants characterized by the opposite, rounded leaves, pinkish or flesh-colored flowers with five petals and nine stamens, and the preference for wetland habitats. They are usually found on the edges or shores of water bodies. Because of this strong habitat preference, they can be useful in ecology as wetland indicators.
Scientific Classification
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