NameThatPlant.net: Triadenum virginicum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Virginia Marsh St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triadenum virginicum FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-005:

Hypericum virginicum FAMILY Hypericaceae

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Marsh St. Johnswort, Common Marsh St. Johnswort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 126-01-005:
Hypericum virginicum FAMILY Hypericaceae

3733

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, fens, tidal swamps and marshes, other peaty wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves clasping, cordate, or subcordate at the base

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
9 stamens, persistent, in 3 clusters of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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