Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-030:
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain St. Johnswort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hygr3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_14
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm070721_020
July Carter County TN
The Roan Highlands
A narrow Southern Appalachian endemic, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070721_022
July Carter County TN
The Roan Highlands
Sepals &petals without black lines, round black glands only along petal margin, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070721_023
July Carter County TN
The Roan Highlands
Inflorescence few-flowered cymes at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_03
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1531
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Styles usually 5.6-10mm long (vs. H. mitchellianum usually 1.9-2.9mm long), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1533
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-030:
Hypericum graveolens
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
1867
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Look for it on grassy balds, grassy openings, forests, at high elevations (1200m or more), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p065
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p088
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p097