Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Drummond's St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-019:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra drummondii
COMMON NAME:
Drummond's St. Johnswort, Nits-and-lice
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hydr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3552
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Erect annual, 1-6dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3557
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves ascending, subulate, 8-18mm long, 0.5-0.8mm wide, acute, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3558
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The 5 oblong-oval or assymmetrically-shaped petals giving a pinwheel effect, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-019:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra drummondii
3279
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in dry woodlands, woodland borders, fields , 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.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p252
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p051
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p087
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p099