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Your search found 43 taxa in the family Hypericaceae, St. John's-wort family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
Common Name: Pineland St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum suffruticosum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum suffruticosum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum suffruticosum 126-01-001 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas and flatwoods
Common in GA, uncommon in SC (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
St. Andrew's Cross
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum hypericoides FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum hypericoides 126-01-002 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Straggling St. Johnswort, Low St. Johnswort, Creeping St. Andrew's Cross
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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): Hypericum stragalum 126-01-003 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Dry rocky or sandy woodlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Flatwoods St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum microsepalum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum microsepalum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Moist to wet pine flatwoods
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
St. Peter's-wort, St. Andrew's Cross, St. Peter's Cross
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum crux-andreae FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum crux-andreae FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum stans 126-01-004 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Pine flatwoods, pine savannas, bogs, seeps, mesic to dryish forests and woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Low St. Peter's-wort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum tetrapetalum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Wet pinelands and in depressional wetlands (open or dominated by Taxodium ascendens)
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Marsh St. Johnswort, Common Marsh St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triadenum virginicum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triadenum virginicum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum virginicum 126-01-005 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, fens, tidal swamps and marshes, other peaty wetlands
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Southern Marsh St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triadenum tubulosum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triadenum tubulosum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum tubulosum 126-01-006 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, peaty wetlands, drawdown sloughs along rivers, drawdown shorelines along man-made reservoirs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Walter’s Marsh St. Johnswort, Greater Marsh St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Triadenum walteri FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Triadenum walteri FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum walteri 126-01-007 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests and marshes
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shrubby St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum prolificum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum prolificum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum prolificum 126-01-008 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, seepages, dry rocky forests, rock outcrops, riverside prairies
Common (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Golden St. Johnswort, Cedar Glade St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum frondosum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum frondosum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Rock outcrops and rocky woodlands; also in dry disturbed areas
Rare in GA (waifs in the Carolinas)
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Five-lobe St. Johnswort, Interior St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum lobocarpum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum lobocarpum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Mesic prairies, pine flatwoods, stream banks, river scour; also roadsides and ditches through these habitats
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Bushy St. Johnswort, Dense-flowered St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum densiflorum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum densiflorum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum densiflorum 126-01-009 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, streambanks, dry to moist forests, rock outcrops, moist forests, pine savannas
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain & NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Interior Bushy St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum interior FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum densiflorum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests, riverbanks, seeps, especially over limestone or dolostone
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Myrtleleaf St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum myrtifolium FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum myrtifolium FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Ponds
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
bedstraw St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum galioides FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum galioides FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum galioides 126-01-010 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, pools, edges of bottomlands
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Shortleaf St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Ponds and wet pine flatwoods
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sandhill St. Johnswort, Atlantic St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum tenuifolium FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum tenuifolium FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum reductum 126-01-011 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Pine flatwoods, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills
Common (rare in SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Lloyd's St. Johnswort, Sandhills St. Johnswort, Piedmont St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum lloydii FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum lloydii FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum lloydii 126-01-012 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, edges of granitic flatrocks, edges of Altamaha Grit outcrops, roadbanks
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Peelbark St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum fasciculatum 126-01-013 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, beaver ponds, upland depression ponds
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC) (rare in NC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Apalachicola St. Johnswort, Tree St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum chapmanii FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum chapmanii FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Margins of pond-cypress ponds, pond-cypress stringers, often growing with Cyrilla parvifolia and Nyssa ursina
Native to Florida (panhandle)
Common Name: Sandweed St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypericum nitidum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum nitidum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum nitidum 126-01-014 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Usually in flowing water of blackwater streams
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Dome St. Johnswort, Mountain St. Johnswort, Buckley's St. Johnswort, Dwarf St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum buckleyi FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Hypericum buckleii FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum buckleyi 126-01-015 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Thin soil in seasonal seepage around rock outcrops, particularly granitic exfoliation domes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glade St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum dolabriforme FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum dolabriforme FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Limestone glades and barrens
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Barrens St. Johnswort, Roundfruit St. John's-wort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum sphaerocarpum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum sphaerocarpum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Limestone glades and barrens, prairies
Rare in GA
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Early St. Johnswort, Naked St. Johnswort, Streamside St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum nudiflorum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum nudiflorum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum nudiflorum 126-01-016 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Streambanks, moist forests, swamps
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
early St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum apocynifolium FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum nudiflorum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Mesic bluffs and ravines, ridges and natural levees in floodplains
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Roundpod St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum cistifolium FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum cistifolium FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum cistifolium 126-01-017 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pineweed, Orange-grass, Orangeweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum gentianoides FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum gentianoides FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum gentianoides 126-01-018 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Fields, rock outcrops, woodland borders, eroding areas, pond margins, pine flatwoods
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Drummond's St. Johnswort, Nits-and-lice
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum drummondii FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum drummondii FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum drummondii 126-01-019 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland borders, fields
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum setosum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum setosum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum setosum 126-01-020 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, boggy areas, adjacent ditches, fireplow lines, and scrapes
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Creeping St. Johnswort, Bog St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum adpressum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum adpressum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum adpressum 126-01-021 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Boggy depressions
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Canada St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum canadense FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum canadense FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum canadense 126-01-022 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, pine savannas, ditches
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Dwarf St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum mutilum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum mutilum 126-01-024 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, fens, marshes, shores, other wet habitats
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Coppery St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum denticulatum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum denticulatum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum denticulatum var. denticulatum 126-01-025a FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, borrow scrapes, blackwater stream shores
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Harper's St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum harperi FAMILY: Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypericum harperi FAMILY: Clusiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum denticulatum var. acutifolium 126-01-025b? FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Clay-based Carolina bays, other upland depression ponds, with Taxodium ascendens
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Radford's St. Johnswort, Brushy Mountain St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum radfordiorum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum radfordiorum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum denticulatum var. acutifolium 126-01-025b?? FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Shallow circumneutral soil mats of granitic domes in the Brushy Mountains
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Strict St. Johnswort, Sharpleaf St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum virgatum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum virgatum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum denticulatum var. acutifolium 126-01-025bc FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Hardpan woodlands, rock outcrops, woodland borders, glades and barrens (especially over mafic or ultramafic rocks)
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
European St. Johnswort, Common St. Johnswort, Klamath-weed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum perforatum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum perforatum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum perforatum 126-01-026 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, woodland borders
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Spotted St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum punctatum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum punctatum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum punctatum 126-01-027 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Fields, woodland borders
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum mitchellianum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum mitchellianum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum mitchellianum 126-01-029 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, grassy openings, forests, seepages, at moderate to high elevations (generally at 1000-1900 m or more)
Uncommon in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Mountain St. Johnswort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum graveolens FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum graveolens FAMILY: Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypericum graveolens 126-01-030 FAMILY: Hypericaceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, grassy openings, forests, at high elevations (1200 m or more)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Aaron's Beard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypericum calycinum FAMILY: Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypericum calycinum FAMILY: Clusiaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, persistent and rarely naturalized from plantings
Non-native: southeast Europe & Asia Minor
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