OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum cistifolium   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum cistifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-017:

Hypericum cistifolium   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum cistifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum opacum

 

COMMON NAME:
Roundpod St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum cistifolium, Roundpod St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyci_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum cistifolium, Roundpod St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyci_003_lvd

        

image of Hypericum cistifolium, Roundpod St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_h_cistifolium1

August    New Hanover County    NC

Leaves lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic, to about 2" long and 3/8" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Hypericum cistifolium, Roundpod St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_h_cistifolium1b

August    New Hanover County    NC

Flowers with 5 quarter-inch petals, borne in a showy cymose inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum cistifolium   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum cistifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-017:
Hypericum cistifolium   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum cistifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum opacum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3168

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple

Shrubby and subshrubby

Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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