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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roundpod St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-017:
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
COMMON NAME:
Roundpod St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyci_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyci_003_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_cistifolium1
August New Hanover County NC
Leaves lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic, to about 2" long and 3/8" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_h_cistifolium1b
August New Hanover County NC
Flowers with 5 quarter-inch petals, borne in a showy cymose inflorescence, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-017:
Hypericum cistifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
3168
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p189
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p276
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p097
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p168