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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about Sandhill St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum tenuifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum tenuifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum reductum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-011:
Hypericum reductum FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum aspalathoides
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill St. Johnswort, Atlantic St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyre3_002_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_h_tenuifolium_77022
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
A semi-decumbent shrub, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Keith Bradley kab_h_tenuifolium_77033
May Martin County FL
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Leaves linear, leaf surface dull. Primary branches w 6 ridged or winged angles, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum tenuifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum tenuifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum reductum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-011:
Hypericum reductum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum aspalathoides
2628
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - linear-subulate
Shrubby with needle-like leaves; flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p199
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p097
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p165
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