OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-002:

Hypericum hypericoides   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

Ascyrum hypericoides

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

Ascyrum linifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
St. Andrew's Cross


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ashy_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0402e_08

February    Greenville County    SC

Capsules ovoid, 4-9mm long, 2.5-4mm broad, seeds black, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0307k_29

July    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are narrow, less than 1" long, & tapered at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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Bobbie L Holt    blh723_a

August    Anderson County    SC

Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

Two outer sepals, ovate or widely elliptic; inner sepals usually obsolete, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm070818_012

August    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Woody shrub with a single main stem, freely branched above, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm180814_3764

August    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

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Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_122

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_124

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_143

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_247

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_hypericoides

August        

Four yellow petals narrowly oblong-linear to oblong-elliptic, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Gill Newberry    gn10_h_hypericoides_habit

October        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-002:
Hypericum hypericoides   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

723

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple

Shrubby; flowers with 4 petals and 4 (rarely 2) sepals

Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
2 outer sepals, inner sepals usually absent
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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