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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum chapmanii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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When mature, this species is unmistakable in its dwarf tree form, to 4 m tall and with trunks to 30 cm in diameter at base, the 'bark' of many, paper-like layers and therefore thick (to 4 cm) and spongy, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum chapmanii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum chapmanii
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum fasciculatum
COMMON NAME:
Apalachicola St. Johnswort, Tree St. Johnswort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum chapmanii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum chapmanii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum chapmanii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum fasciculatum
4796
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Margins of pond-cypress ponds, pond-cypress stringers, often growing with Cyrilla parvifolia and Nyssa ursina, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Florida (panhandle)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Shrubby with needle-like leaves; flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
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