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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum lobocarpum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum lobocarpum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Hypericum lobocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum lobocarpum
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum densiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hypericum densiflorum var. lobocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum lobocarpum
COMMON NAME:
Five-lobe St. Johnswort, Interior St. Johnswort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum lobocarpum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum lobocarpum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Hypericum lobocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum lobocarpum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum densiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Hypericum densiflorum var. lobocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum lobocarpum
4973
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic prairies, pine flatwoods, stream banks, river scour; also roadsides and ditches through these habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Shrubby with broader leaves (mostly lanceolate or oblanceolate); flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p097
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p168
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