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

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...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of Tennessee p066
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p089
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p168

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum sphaerocarpum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hypericum turgidum

GREATER THAN Hypericum sphaerocarpum var. turgidum