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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum interior
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyde_001_lvd
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypericum_interior_11
June
Flowers 7-many per inflorescence, in terminal cymes, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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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
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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