Hypericum graveolens Buckley. Section: Hypericum. Common name: Mountain St. John's-wort. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Grassy balds, grassy openings, forests, at high elevations (1200 m or more). Distribution: Nw. NC and ne. TN south to sw. NC, a Southern Appalachian endemic.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This and the related H. mitchellianum (another narrow endemic to the Southern Appalachians) hybridize, forming local hybrid populations with intermediate characteristics (Culwell 1970).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA6, GW2, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, Tn, W, Adams (1973), Robson (2006); < Hypericum graveolens Buckley — S13. Basionym: Hypericum graveolens Buckley 1843
Links to other floras: = Hypericum graveolens - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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