Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Moist places from along the coast to well up in the mountains.
Flowers: June-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, wasps
Perennial from wide-spread rhizomes and stolons, the stems erect, usually many, 1-8 dm. tall, simple to freely-branched.
Leaves opposite, sessile, oblong-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, purplish-black dotted, the bases somewhat clasping.
Inflorescence of few-flowered, leafy-bracteate cymes; sepals 5, triangular to ovate-lanceolate, purplish-black dotted, rounded; petals 5, pale to bright yellow, about twice the length of the sepals, conspicuously purplish-black dotted along the margins; stamens 75-100, attached at the base into 3 distinct groups; styles 3, slender, 3-5 mm. long.
Capsule 6-9 mm. long, 3-celled.
Publication: Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(3): 111. 1831.
Hypericum formosum Kunth var. scouleri (Hook.) J.M. Coult. [VPPNW, HC]
Hypericum scouleri Hook. ssp. nortoniae (M.E. Jones) J.M. Gillett [IFBC]
Hypericum scouleri Hook. ssp. scouleri [IFBC]
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Hypericum scouleri in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Hypericum scouleri checklist entry
OregonFlora: Hypericum scouleri information
E-Flora BC: Hypericum scouleri atlas page
CalPhotos: Hypericum scouleri photos
