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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum setosum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum setosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-020:

Hypericum setosum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

Hypericum setosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum setosum, Hairy St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hypericum_setosum2

July    Richmond County    NC

Small, yellow, 5-petaled flowers in a branchng inflorescence near stem top, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Hypericum setosum, Hairy St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hypericum_setosum1a

September    Richmond County    NC

Leaves acsending, often so tightly appressed as to obscure stem's surface, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum setosum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum setosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-020:
Hypericum setosum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3169

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, boggy areas, adjacent ditches, fireplow lines, and scrapes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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