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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum canadense   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-022:

Hypericum canadense   FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum canadense

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum canadense, Canada St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyca7_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum canadense, Canada St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyca7_003_lvd

        

image of Hypericum canadense, Canada St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hypericum_canadense1

July    Moore County    NC

Leaves opposite, sessile, linear, 6-30mm long & to 3mm wide, blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Hypericum canadense, Canada St. Johnswort

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hypericum_canadense1b

July    Moore County    NC

Flowers borne in small groups, in a more-or-less flat-topped inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum canadense   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-022:
Hypericum canadense   FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum canadense

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2674

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: bogs, pine savannas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Few stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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