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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about Spotted St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:
Hypericum punctatum FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum punctatum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum subpetiolatum
COMMON NAME:
Spotted St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hypu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hypu_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0305
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0305b
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm120526_576
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf apices obtuse to slightly retuse [with a shallow notch in a blunt apex], per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120526_577
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4916
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4917
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1235
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1245
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves, stems, sepals & petals heavily black-dotted. Leaves blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1247
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Flowers 3/8-5/8" wide, with 5 petals that are conspicuously streaked and spotted with black, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Carson Johnson jcj_072325_5772
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Flowers spotted or streaked with black on the undersides, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090726_165
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A few branches below the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090726_182
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Erect perennial to 40" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140701_541
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_236
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_279
August Spartanburg County SC
Capsules about 0.25" long, 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 punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum punctatum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum subpetiolatum
727
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with broad leaves, 3(4) locular capsules, stamens connate at base into 3 or 5 fascicles, leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, and sepals and/or petals marked with black dots or lines
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!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p268
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p253
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p226
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p066
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p088
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p098
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