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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hypericum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:
Hypericum mutilum FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum mutilum
COMMON NAME:
Common Dwarf St. Johnswort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hymu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hymu_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120623_070
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves paler beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120623_071
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves ovate to elliptic, up to 1.5" long & 0.5" wide & rounded at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120623_193
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence w many normally sized leaves & leaflike bracts, appearing leafy, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140612_787
June Greenville County SC
Furman University
Five yellow to yellow-orange petals, pistil with 3 styles, 5-15 stamens, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_524
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0236
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0239
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210710_2086
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves 3-5 nerved, tip obtuse, base clasping, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-024:
Hypericum mutilum
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypericum mutilum
724
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, shores, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow/ Yellow-orange
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p268
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p167
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p252
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p226
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p065
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p098
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p280