OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum denticulatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)

Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025a:

Hypericum denticulatum var. denticulatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

Hypericum denticulatum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Coppery St. Johnswort

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image of Hypericum denticulatum, Coppery St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyde2_002_lvd

        

image of Hypericum denticulatum, Coppery St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm0505u_20

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Leaves elliptic to nearly round, often erect or ascending, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum denticulatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synopsis of the Hypericum denticulatum complex (Hypericaceae) (Allison, 2011)
 Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Hypericum denticulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-025a:
 Hypericum denticulatum var. denticulatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

 

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1945

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, borrow scrapes, blackwater stream shores, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
50-80 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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