Hypericum stragulum W.P.Adams & N.Robson

Decumbent shrub, with several prostrate stems giving rise to numerous erect branches mostly 1–3 dm, forming low, compact mats or mounds 3–4 dm wide, lvs generally uniform in size and shape, typically oblanceolate and broadest above the middle; otherwise much like no. 2 [Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz]. Dry, rocky slopes and moist, rich woods; Nantucket, L.I., and N.J. to Va., N.C., and n. Ga., w. to s. O., se. Kans., e. Okla., and e. Tex. July, Aug. (Ascyrum hypericoides var. multicaule)