Hypericum lloydii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Genus: | Hypericum |
Species: | H. lloydii
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Binomial name | |
Hypericum lloydii (Svenson) P.B.Adams
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Synonyms [1] | |
Hypericum galioides var. lloydii Svenson |
Hypericum lloydii, known as Lloyd's St. John's-wort [2] or sandhill St. John's wort,[ citation needed] is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family ( Hypericaceae). It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is found primarily in the lower Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain. [2] [3] Its natural habitat is in dry open areas such as sandhills or granite flatrocks. [2]
Hypericum lloydii is a low straggling mat-forming shrub. Its leaves are narrowly linear, reaching up to 25 mm (1 in) long. It produces relatively small yellow flowers, 12–14 mm (0.5–0.6 in) across, in the summer. [1]
Hypericum lloydii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Genus: | Hypericum |
Species: | H. lloydii
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Binomial name | |
Hypericum lloydii (Svenson) P.B.Adams
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Synonyms [1] | |
Hypericum galioides var. lloydii Svenson |
Hypericum lloydii, known as Lloyd's St. John's-wort [2] or sandhill St. John's wort,[ citation needed] is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family ( Hypericaceae). It is native to the Southeastern United States where it is found primarily in the lower Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain. [2] [3] Its natural habitat is in dry open areas such as sandhills or granite flatrocks. [2]
Hypericum lloydii is a low straggling mat-forming shrub. Its leaves are narrowly linear, reaching up to 25 mm (1 in) long. It produces relatively small yellow flowers, 12–14 mm (0.5–0.6 in) across, in the summer. [1]