NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum sphaerocarpum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum sphaerocarpum FAMILY Clusiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum turgidum

INCLUDING -
Hypericum sphaerocarpum var. turgidum

COMMON NAME:
Barrens St. Johnswort

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image of Hypericum sphaerocarpum, Barrens St. Johnswort

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_sphaerocarpum

August Floyd County GA

Leaves tapering to the base, often with evident lateral veins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum sphaerocarpum FAMILY Clusiaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum turgidum

INCLUDING -
Hypericum sphaerocarpum var. turgidum

3732

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare in GA

Look for it in limestone barrens, 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.

...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
45-85 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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