NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum brachyphyllum

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY Hypericaceae Go to FSUS key

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY Clusiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Shortleaf St. Johnswort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY Hypericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum brachyphyllum FAMILY Clusiaceae

4971

Shrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Ponds and wet pine flatwoods, 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 needle-like leaves; flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals

Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Capsule

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