NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum tetrapetalum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY Hypericaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum tetrapetalum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ascyrum tetrapetalum

COMMON NAME:
Low St. Peter's-wort

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image of Hypericum tetrapetalum, Low St. Peter's-wort

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July

Flowers w 4 petals & 4 (rarely2) sepals. Leaves cordate-clasping at the base, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum tetrapetalum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum tetrapetalum

2625

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pinelands and in depressional wetlands (open or dominated by Taxodium ascendens), per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple

Shrubby; flowers with 4 petals and 4 (rarely 2) sepals

Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
4(2) sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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