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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triadenum walteri
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Its distinct petiole separates it from the similar T. virginicum and T. tubulosum. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triadenum walteri
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-007:
Hypericum walteri FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hypericum tubulosum var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triadenum petiolatum
COMMON NAME:
Walter’s Marsh St. Johnswort, Greater Marsh St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trpe12_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170320_160
March Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2751
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2754
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The lower surface of the leaves of my specimens are very glaucous, per Flora of Indiana (Deam, 1940).
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2756
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Grows to an average of 2 feet tall and is typically is found in colonies, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4939
August Greenville County SC
Core Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Lvs mostly elliptic, to ~ 2-2.5" long, tip rounded, base rounded to tapered, petiole distinct, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm230809_4952
August Greenville County SC
Core Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm161013_936
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
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JK Marlow jkm161013_936b
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
Leaves narrowed to cuneate or broadly cuneate... base. Lower leaves petiolate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm161013_936c
October Greenville County SC
Cedar Falls Park
Petals pale pink; stamens in 3 fascicles of 3 stamen each; perianth 5-merous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triadenum walteri
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triadenum walteri
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-007:
Hypericum walteri
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Triadenum walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Hypericum tubulosum var. walteri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Triadenum petiolatum
2227
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests and marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Lower leaves have petioles
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
9 stamens, persistent, in 3 clusters of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p367
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p227
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p067
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p090
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p099
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p286
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