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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Drummond's St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-019:
Hypericum drummondii FAMILY Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra drummondii
COMMON NAME:
Drummond's St. Johnswort, Nits-and-lice
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hydr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3552
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Erect annual, 1-6dm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3557
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves ascending, subulate, 8-18mm long, 0.5-0.8mm wide, acute, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3558
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The 5 oblong-oval or assymmetrically-shaped petals giving a pinwheel effect, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum drummondii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-019:
Hypericum drummondii
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarothra drummondii
3279
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland borders, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Herbaceous, with leaves ascending or appressed, 1-nerved, < 1 mm wide; and with a diffuse, racemose or dichasial inflorescence
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p167
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p252
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p225
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p099
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