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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum adpressum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with broad leaves, 1-locular capsules, stamens separate or connate at base (but not grouped into fascicles), leaves with translucent (not black) dots, sepals and petals with translucent (not black) lines or dots
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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p312
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p404
- 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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