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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hypericum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:
Hypericum mutilum FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum mutilum
COMMON NAME:
Common Dwarf St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hymu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hymu_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120623_070
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves paler beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120623_071
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves ovate to elliptic, up to 1.5" long & 0.5" wide & rounded at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120623_193
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence w many normally sized leaves & leaflike bracts, appearing leafy, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140612_787
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
Five yellow to yellow-orange petals, pistil with 3 styles, 5-15 stamens, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_524
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0236
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0239
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2086
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves 3-5 nerved, tip obtuse, base clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum mutilum
724
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, shores, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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/Fall
Yellow/ Yellow-orange
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p268
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p167
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p252
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p226
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p065
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p098
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p280
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