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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum apocynifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum nudiflorum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum apocynifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum apocynifolium
COMMON NAME:
early St. Johnswort
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March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
A branching shrub to 7' tall with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves, 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 apocynifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum nudiflorum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum apocynifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum apocynifolium
3414
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic bluffs and ravines, ridges and natural levees in floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Shrubby and subshrubby
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p276?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p086
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p168
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