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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum stragulum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-003:
Hypericum stragalum FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ascyrum hypericoides var. multicaule
COMMON NAME:
Straggling St. Johnswort, Low St. Johnswort, Creeping St. Andrew's Cross
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JK Marlow jkm090425_090
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120623_154
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Similar to H. hypericoides, but having decumbent stems forming low mats, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5914
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100730_298b
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Two outer sepals, ovate or widely elliptic; inner sepals usually obsolete, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190722_0098
July Greenville County SC
Several prostrate stems, each with numerous erect branchlets, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm190722_0099
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190724_0117
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190724_0118
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0229
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves usually relatively uniform in size and shape, widest above the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2052
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2075
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypericum_stragulum_3
July
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JK Marlow jkm120825_989
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm201022_7891
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum stragulum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-003:
Hypericum stragalum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ascyrum hypericoides var. multicaule
730
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Dry rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Shrubby; flowers with 4 petals and 4 (rarely 2) sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
2 outer sepals, inner sepals usually absent
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p274?
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p195
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p096
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p154?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p191
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p225
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p089
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p18
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p165
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p097
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