IN SITU PHOTOGRAPHY RELATING TO 

Hypericum virgatum Lamarck

by James R. Allison. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.  

 

Columbia County, Georgia: Dixie Mountain
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Rocky opening supporting Hypericum virgatum; August 22, 2006

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Upper stem with subnaked inflorescence and foliose supernumerary flowering-branches; June 27, 2006
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Habit; June 27, 2006

 Inflorescence and foliose supernumerary flowering-branches

Subnaked inflorescence and foliose supernumerary flowering-branches. June 27, 2006

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Collected stems. Note leaf shape and size. June 27, 2006
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Flower early in the morning. Stamens numerous; petals asymmetrical, each with a "denticulus." June 27, 2006

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Wilting flowers suggest orangish miniature pinwheels. June 27, 2006
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Fresh leaf with the translucent-punctate glands less dense than in Hypericum radfordiorum. June 27, 2006

 

 

 

Upson County, Georgia: Indian Grave Mountain
August 4, 2003 July 7, 2006
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Associates of Hypericum virgatum here include longleaf pine, oaks (including Georgia oak) and hickories. 

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Rocky opening with longleaf pine (Pinus palustris P. Miller), chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.), Georgia oak (Q. georgiana M.A. Curtis), goat's-rue (Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Persoon, etc.
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Subnaked inflorescences, and subnaked supernumerary flowering-branches

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Habit

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Habit

 

 

Saluda County, South Carolina: Old Aiken Road
August 22, 2006
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Hypericum virgatum on dry, sunny road bank

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Habit

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Subnaked inflorescence, and subnaked supernumerary flowering-branches