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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum harperi
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum harperi
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)
Hypericum harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025b?:
Hypericum denticulatum var. acutifolium FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum acutifolium
COMMON NAME:
Harper's St. Johnswort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum harperi
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum harperi
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)
Hypericum harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum harperi
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025b?:
Hypericum denticulatum var. acutifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum acutifolium
4661
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: clay-based Carolina bays, other upland depression ponds, with Taxodium ascendens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in 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
50-80 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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