Common Name:
(Fernald.,1950)Higher Taxa:
(Fernald.,1950)Identification:Vines, describes the species as follows, "leafy, glabrous subshrub .5 to 3 ft, either branched at the base or branched above. Flowers bloom June-September, terminal or axillary on rather short, lateral, leafy stems. Petals 4, convolute in the bud, dropping away early, bright yellow, linear to oblong. Fruit, capsule about .33 in. long, ovoid to spindle shaped, flattened, striate, styles persistent, seeds numerous. Leaves opposite, or sometimes fascited, the larger leaves often subtended by smaller ones, base narrow margin entire, oblong to linear or oblanceoate, thin, surface bright green and glabrous, punctale. Twigs much branced, slender brown, flattened when young"
(Vines.,1960).The Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus (1708-1778), first identified and recorded Hypericum hypericoides, under the genus Ascyrum, in the book
Species Plantarum pg 788. Later, Crantz would put the species hypericoides, under the genus Hypericum (Jackson.,1895).
Hypericum hypericoides |
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STATUS |
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North America :Continental United States; Canada |
Yes |
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Eastern North America: United States east of Mississippi; Ontario and eastern Canada |
Yes |
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Southeastern United States: AL AR DE DC FL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV |
Yes |
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Southern Appalachian States: AL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV |
Yes |
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Coastal Plain |
Widespread |
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Piedmont |
Widespread |
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Blue Ridge Mountains |
Widespread |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
Yes |
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Ridge and Valley |
Yes |
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Cumberland Plateau |
Yes |
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Central Arch |
? |
- |
Georgia |
Widespread |
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Clarke County , Georgia |
Yes |
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Sams Farm |
? |
- |
Old Field |
? |
- |
Wetland |
? |
- |
Wood |
Probably |
Kelly Kurz-Blalock, Pers. Guess |
1-Hectare Plot |
? |
- |
Geography: Hypericoides can be found throughout the tropics and in much of the southeastern United States.
How to Encounter: The species hypericoides, "grows well in a variety of habitats: open, well drained upland woodlands, pine barrens on sand hills and ridges, flood plains and wet woodlands, hammocks, moist wet thickets, pine flatwoods, cypress-gum depression, and bogs"
(Godfrey.,1981).Return to Taxonomy Page.
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