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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lloyd's St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-012:
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lloyd's St. Johnswort, Sandhills St. Johnswort, Piedmont St. Johnswort
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Keith Bradley kab_h_lloydii_2529
September Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
A dwarf shrub with 0.5-1", linear leaves (like conifer needles), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-012:
Hypericum lloydii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
2556
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC-SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere (an endemic)
Look for it in dry woodlands, sandhills, edges of granitic flatrocks, edges of Altamaha Grit outcrops, roadbanks, 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:
Deciduous
Simple - needle-like
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p238
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p097
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p167
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p136