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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum interior   FAMILY Hypericaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum densiflorum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hypericum densiflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Hypericum densiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)

Hypericum densiflorum var. interior

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum interior

 

COMMON NAME:
Interior Bushy St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum interior, Interior Bushy St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hyde_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum interior, Interior Bushy St. Johnswort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_h_interior

June    Floyd County    GA

Rolater Park

Leaves cuneate at the base, 1.0-3.7 (-4.1) mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hypericum interior, Interior Bushy St. Johnswort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hypericum_interior_11

June        

Flowers 7-many per inflorescence, in terminal cymes, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hypericum interior, Interior Bushy St. Johnswort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hypericum_interior_16

June        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum interior   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum densiflorum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum densiflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Hypericum densiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Hypericum densiflorum var. interior

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum interior

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3731

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests, riverbanks, seeps, especially over limestone or dolostone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple

Shrubby with broader leaves (mostly lanceolate or oblanceolate); flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals

Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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