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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum adpressum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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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 Flora of North America
Hypericum adpressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-021:
Hypericum adpressum FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum adpressum
COMMON NAME:
Creeping St. Johnswort, Bog St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyad_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum adpressum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum adpressum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum adpressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-021:
Hypericum adpressum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum adpressum
3062
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: boggy depressions, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p312
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p167
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p063
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p086
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