Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Florida is home to 34 species of hypericums, yellow wildflowers with many stamens and 4 or 5 petals. Their confused and confusing common names often honor saints. St. Johns-wort (Hypericum perforatum) is widely sold as an herbal medicine to treat…
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) pointed out fourpetal St. Johns-wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum) at the Wabasso scrub on our walk there on 11/11/2018 led by Jane Schnee. Sometimes it is called St. Peter's wort, mistekenly. We also have seen this plant…
Florida is home to more than 30 species of Hypericum, many of which are called St. Johns wort. These plants are not the St. Johns wort common in commerce for the treatment of depression; That St. Johns wort (Hypericum perforatum)…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 