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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about Canada St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-022:
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum canadense
COMMON NAME:
Canada St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyca7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyca7_003_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hypericum_canadense1
July Moore County NC
Leaves opposite, sessile, linear, 6-30mm long & to 3mm wide, blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hypericum_canadense1b
July Moore County NC
Flowers borne in small groups, in a more-or-less flat-topped inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum canadense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-022:
Hypericum canadense
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum canadense
2674
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Habitat: bogs, pine savannas, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Few stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p167
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p251
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p087
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p098
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p188