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| Description | A native shrub with bright yellow flowers. Tolerates moist to wet soil. |
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| Pronunciation | (hy-PER-ee-kum) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | aveage, moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | average, moist to wet |
| Flowers | bright yellow, 5 petals, 5 light green/yellow sepals, mass of yellow stamens in the center, borne in cymes |
| Fruit | 5-celled seed capsules |
| Leaves | green, narrow, mostly sessil |
| Stems | yellowish brown to reddish brown bark, exfoliates, 4-angled |
| Roots | shallow spreading |
| Dimensions | up to 3 by 3 feet |
| Native Site | endemic to the Great Lake region, USA |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name honors Peter Kalm, a student of Linnaeus, who reportedly discovered the species plant in the wild in North America in the mid-1700s". (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info) |
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