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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum gentianoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum gentianoides
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum gentianoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-018:
Hypericum gentianoides FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra gentianoides
COMMON NAME:
Pineweed, Orange-grass, Orangeweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyge_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sage6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8424
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3634
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves scale-like, to 0.1" long, appressed to the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0507j_36
July Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
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JK Marlow jkm0507k_17
July Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
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JK Marlow jkm060730_008
July Pickens County SC
Grows in thick patches in bare ground. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9190
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9192
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Tucked in next to the Ragweed...
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9193
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120804_153
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Roxanna Martin rlm82210_78
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm82210_83
August Spartanburg County SC
Flowers yellow, terminal, 0.25" wide, with "propeller-twisted" petals. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm0509d_24
September Greenville County SC
Field
Fruit: Slender, dark red, cone-shaped capsules, about 0.25" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0509d_30
September Greenville County SC
Field
The bruised stems have a citrus fragrance, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_006
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow s050910_c
September Greenville County SC
Field
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum gentianoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum gentianoides
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum gentianoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-018:
Hypericum gentianoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra gentianoides
722
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, rock outcrops, woodland borders, eroding areas, pond margins, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with leaves ascending or appressed, 1-nerved, < 1 mm wide; and with a diffuse, racemose or dichasial inflorescence
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p102
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p173
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p204
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p172
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p62
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p268
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p225
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p399
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p099
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p329
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