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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum punctatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:

Hypericum punctatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum punctatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypericum subpetiolatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Spotted St. Johnswort


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hypu_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hypu_003_lvd

        

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm180218_0305

February    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm180218_0305b

February    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120526_576

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf apices obtuse to slightly retuse [with a shallow notch in a blunt apex], per Weakley's Flora.

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm120526_577

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm200517_4916

May    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm200517_4917

May    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm090726_165

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

A few branches below the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm090726_182

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Erect perennial to 40" tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm140701_539c

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm140701_541

July    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_hypericum_punctatum_3

July        

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Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_236

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves, stems, sepals & petals heavily black-dotted. Leaves blunt-tipped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_243

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Inflorescence small & crowded with short-stalked flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_249

August    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_251

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers spotted or streaked with black on the undersides, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Hypericum punctatum, Spotted St. Johnswort

Roxanna Martin    rlm8710_279

August    Spartanburg County    SC

Capsules about 0.25" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum punctatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum punctatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-027:
Hypericum punctatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum punctatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum subpetiolatum

 

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727

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple

Herbaceous, with broad leaves, 3(4) locular capsules, stamens connate at base into 3 or 5 fascicles, leaves with black dots as well as translucent glands, and sepals and/or petals marked with black dots or lines

Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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