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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum denticulatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about Coppery St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum denticulatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025a:
Hypericum denticulatum var. denticulatum FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum denticulatum
COMMON NAME:
Coppery St. Johnswort
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May Williamsburg County SC
Leaves elliptic to nearly round, often erect or ascending, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum denticulatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum denticulatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum denticulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025a:
Hypericum denticulatum var. denticulatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum denticulatum
1945
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, borrow scrapes, blackwater stream shores, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with broad leaves, 1-locular capsules, stamens separate or connate at base (but not grouped into fascicles), leaves with translucent (not black) dots, sepals and petals with translucent (not black) lines or dots
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
50-80 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p268
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p167
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p252
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p086
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p098
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