Hypericum virgatum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyHypericaceae
Family (Traditional)
GenusHypericum
Species:Hypericum virgatum Lam.
Common NameSharpleaf St. Johnswort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 10
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4] (State Rank); G4? (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Butler (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Edmonson (KY), Hardin (KY), Laurel (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Trigg (KY), Whitley (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Humphreys (TN), Marion (TN), Morgan (TN), Stewart (TN), Van Buren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100744968 Bledsoe Tennessee 03 Jul 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5018
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100744984 McCracken Kentucky 18 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
261
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745056 Kentucky 15 May 1949 Frank T. McFarland
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0088716 McCreary Kentucky 19 Jun 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0086867 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011902 Stewart Tennessee 14 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
1473
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011896 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0069483 McCreary Kentucky 01 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0083231 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011905 Stewart Tennessee 07 Jul 1966 William H. Ellis
1783
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0110054 Caldwell Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011899 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0016229 Giles Tennessee 21 Aug 2004 Dwayne Estes
6775
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0040994 Dickson Tennessee 19 Jul 2012 R. Shepard
Not shown
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
31234100744943 Kentucky 15 May 1949 Frank T. McFarland
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011900 Stewart Tennessee 25 Jul 1988 Teresa Myatt, Deborah Grasty
Not shown
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011897 Stewart Tennessee 24 Jun 1987 Edward W. Chester and Troy McCarty
87-381
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0073662 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0068659 Laurel Kentucky 02 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
UOS03385 Coffee Tennessee 15 Jul 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745023 Caldwell Kentucky 19 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
725
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745031 Butler Kentucky 11 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4502
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100729050 Morgan Tennessee 09 Aug 1990 Ronald Jones
6593
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
UCHT023479 Davidson Tennessee 07 Jun 2016 Roger McCoy
UCHT
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0085524 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0073331 McCreary Kentucky 07 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011888 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011892 Stewart Tennessee 15 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
1534
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
31234100744992 McCracken Kentucky 26 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
742
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100744976 McCreary Kentucky 23 Jul 1980 Rob Jacobs
2058013
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
TENN-V-0148297 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011894 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0092244 Humphreys Tennessee 24 Jun 2017 Mason Brock with Dwayne Estes, Jessie Harris and Zack Irich
1789
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0055315 Cumberland Tennessee 28 Sep 2013 Devin Rodgers, Dwayne Estes, Chris Mausert Mooney
124
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0016228 Humphreys Tennessee 24 Jul 2002 Stephanie M. Gunn w/ E.W. Chester
575
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011890 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0042481 Marshall Kentucky 02 Jun 2014 Mason Brock
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0077921 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
UCHT039013 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011895 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011887 Stewart Tennessee 21 Jun 1986 Edward W. Chester
86-342
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0118240 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0073046 Cumberland Tennessee 06 Jul 2014 Mason brock
519
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011893 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0033015 Cheatham Tennessee 25 Jun 2011 Clea Klagstad, Terry Hopkins, Dawn York
959
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011907 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011891 Stewart Tennessee 10 Jul 1979 Edward W. Chester
4098
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011904 Stewart Tennessee 14 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
1204
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0096054 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0053392 Franklin Tennessee 23 Jul 1990 R. Kral
77917
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0115821 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0094536 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011889 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0042291 Marion Tennessee 02 Aug 2010 E. Blyveis
461
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0016232 Bledsoe Tennessee 31 Aug 2006 Dwayne Estes with John Beck
9432
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745015 Calloway Kentucky 06 Jun 1998 Ralph L. Thompson
98-24
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100779600 Menifee Kentucky 12 Jun 2017 Thomas McFadden
540
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100744950 Cumberland Tennessee 07 Jul 1990 V. E. McNeilus
90-506
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745049 Barren Kentucky 16 Jul 1979 George P. Johnson
847
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
31234100745007 Edmonson Kentucky 14 Jun 1968 Harold W. Elmore
125
EKY
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0099857 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0083342 McCreary Kentucky 09 Jul 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0011898 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
TENN-V-0148349 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Hypericum virgatum
TENN-V-0148373 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0016231 Morgan Tennessee 22 Aug 2006 Dwayne Estes
9251
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0074640 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0033020 Logan Kentucky 20 Jul 1971 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
UOS03304 Van Buren Tennessee 31 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0073047 Cumberland Tennessee 00 Jun 2014 Mason Brock
497
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
APSC0016230 Fentress Tennessee 13 Aug 2004 Dwayne Estes, John Beck
6407
APSC
Hypericum virgatum
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