2626

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in wet pine savannas, beaver ponds, upland depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear
Opposite
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p316
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p096
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p189
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p167
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p250

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-013:
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae