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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum myrtifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum myrtifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum myrtifolium
COMMON NAME:
Myrtleleaf St. Johnswort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum myrtifolium
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum myrtifolium
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypericum myrtifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum myrtifolium
4693
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Shrubby with broader leaves (mostly lanceolate or oblanceolate); flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p196
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p096
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p226
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p167
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