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Read more about Blue Ridge St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum mitchellianum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mitchellianum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-029:
Hypericum mitchellianum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge St. Johnswort
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_01
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sessile, ovate-oblong leaves somewhat clasping, to 2.5" long, half as wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_08
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Petals have black lines and round black glands scattered over the surface, per Weakley's Flora.
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_blueridgestjohnswort
Month Unknown
Blue Ridge St. Johnswort is found on grassy balds and in seepages, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians.