Hypericum lloydii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species:
H. lloydii
Binomial name
Hypericum lloydii
(Svenson) P.B.Adams
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]

References

  1. ^ a b Hypericum lloydii Flora of North America. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Weakley, Alan (2020). "Flora of the Southeastern United States".
  3. ^ "Hypericum lloydii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2022.


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