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|accepted_name=Hypericum buckleyi
|accepted_authority=M. A. Curtis
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|place=44: 80. 1843
|year=1843
}}
|common_names=Mountain St. John’s wort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Hypericaceae;Hypericum;Hypericum sect. Myriandra;Hypericum buckleyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hypericum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Hypericum sect. Myriandra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hypericum buckleyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 74
|treatment_page=page 81
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> decumbent, spreading and rooting, wiry, branches ascending to erect, forming compact mats, 0.5–4.5 dm. <b>Stems</b>: internodes 4-lined. <b>Leaf</b> blades oblong or elliptic to obovate, 4–25 × 2–12 mm, base not articulated, cuneate, margins plane, apex rounded, midrib with 2–4 pairs of branches. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1(–5)-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> 20–25 mm diam.; sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, broadly elliptic to elliptic-spatulate or obovate, subequal, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm; petals 5, golden yellow, oblanceolate, 6–10.5 mm; stamens persistent, 100; ovary 3-merous. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 8–12 × 5 mm. <b>Seeds</b> narrowly to broadly carinate, 1.5–2 mm; testa finely foveolate-reticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early–mid summer (Jun–Jul).
|habitat=Seepage areas, moist rock crevices, ditches, road embankments
|elevation=900–1600 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Hypericum buckleyi</i> is found throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains.</p><!--
--><p>The decumbent habit and persistent sepals and stamens distinguish <i>Hypericum buckleyi</i> from its nearest relative, <i>H. prolificum</i>.</p>
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name=Hypericum buckleyi
|author=
|authority=M. A. Curtis
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Hypericaceae
|phenology=Flowering early–mid summer (Jun–Jul).
|habitat=Seepage areas, moist rock crevices, ditches, road embankments
|elevation=900–1600 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication year=1843
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Hypericum
|section=Hypericum sect. Myriandra
|species=Hypericum buckleyi
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