OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:

Hypericum mutilum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum mutilum

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Dwarf St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hymu_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hymu_004_lvd

        

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120623_070

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaves paler beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120623_071

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaves ovate to elliptic, up to 1.5" long & 0.5" wide & rounded at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120623_193

June    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Inflorescence w many normally sized leaves & leaflike bracts, appearing leafy, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm140612_787

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Five yellow to yellow-orange petals, pistil with 3 styles, 5-15 stamens, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120704_524

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0236

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0239

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum, Common Dwarf St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm210710_2086

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves 3-5 nerved, tip obtuse, base clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:
Hypericum mutilum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum mutilum

 

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724

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, shores, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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:
Summer/Fall
Yellow/ Yellow-orange
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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