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Hypericaceae
Hypericum

Hypericum erythreae (Spach) Steudel. Common name: Georgia St. John's-wort, Sparse-leaved St. John’s-wort, Grit St. John’s-wort. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Seepage bogs, roadside ditches. Distribution: Apparently nearly endemic to the Altamaha Grit region of the GA Coastal Plain, extending to Beaufort County, SC (Allison 2011). See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89825586 for potential occurrence in Seminole County, GA.

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Section: Brathys.

ID notes: The flowers of H. denticulatum, H. erythreae, H. harperi, H. radfordiorum, and H. virgatum are rotate (with petals curved to the right when looking down on the flower from above) and with a somewhat coppery yellow.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA6, NSProv, POWO, Allison (2011); = Brathys erythraea Spach; = Hypericum erythraeae — K4, orthographic variant; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Brathys erythraea Spach 1836

Links to other floras: = Hypericum erythreae - FNA6

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image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© James R. Allison | Original Image ⭷

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