NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum adpressum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Creeping St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum adpressum FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-021:
Hypericum adpressum FAMILY Hypericaceae

COMMON NAME:
Creeping St. Johnswort, Bog St. Johnswort

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image of Hypericum adpressum, Creeping St. Johnswort, Bog St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyad_001_lvd

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum adpressum FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-021:
Hypericum adpressum FAMILY Hypericaceae

3062

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in boggy depressions, per Weakley's Flora

map
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:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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