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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum stragulum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Creeping St. Andrew's Cross at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-003:
Hypericum stragalum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ascyrum hypericoides var. multicaule
COMMON NAME:
Creeping St. Andrew's Cross, Low St. Johnswort, Straggling St. Johnswort
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JK Marlow jkm090425_090
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120623_154
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Similar to H. hypericoides, but having decumbent stems forming low mats, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5914
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100730_298b
July Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
Two outer sepals, ovate or widely elliptic; inner sepals usually obsolete, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm190722_0098
July Greenville County SC
Several prostrate stems, each with numerous erect branchlets, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm190722_0099
July Greenville County SC
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July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190724_0118
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0229
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves usually relatively uniform in size and shape, widest above the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2052
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypericum_stragulum_3
July
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JK Marlow jkm120825_989
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm201022_7891
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum stragulum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-003:
Hypericum stragalum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ascyrum hypericoides var. multicaule
730
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Piedmont)
Look for it in dry rocky or sandy woodlands, 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.
LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 outer sepals, inner sepals usually absent
4 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p274?
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p096
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p154?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p089
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p18
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p165
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p097