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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Spotted St. Johnswort

Hypericum punctatum
native · Central Texas

Spotted St. Johnswort is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water. Blooms yellow in early summer.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
About 3 ft
Bloom
Early Summer · yellow
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.