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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about Spotted St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:
Hypericum punctatum FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum punctatum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum subpetiolatum
COMMON NAME:
Spotted St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hypu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hypu_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0305
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm180218_0305b
February McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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JK Marlow jkm120526_576
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf apices obtuse to slightly retuse [with a shallow notch in a blunt apex], per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120526_577
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4916
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4917
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm090726_165
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A few branches below the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090726_182
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Erect perennial to 40" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140701_539c
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140701_541
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypericum_punctatum_3
July
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_236
August Spartanburg County SC
Leaves, stems, sepals & petals heavily black-dotted. Leaves blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_243
August Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence small & crowded with short-stalked flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_249
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_251
August Spartanburg County SC
Flowers spotted or streaked with black on the undersides, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_279
August Spartanburg County SC
Capsules about 0.25" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum punctatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:
Hypericum punctatum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum punctatum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum subpetiolatum
727
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with broad leaves, 3(4) locular capsules, stamens connate at base into 3 or 5 fascicles, leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, and sepals and/or petals marked with black dots or lines
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
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
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p253
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p226
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p066
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p088
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p098
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