Hypericum buckleyi

Hypericum buckleii Hypericum buckleyi, known as Blue Ride St. John's wort and Buckley's St. Johnswort, is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae found only in the Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States.

[3] Hypericum buckleyi is a small shrub, growing up to 45 cm (18 in) tall and spreading to form low, compact mats.

[4] The flowers are 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) across with 5 golden yellow petals, becoming reflexed with age.

The ovaries have three parts, forming narrowly ovoid to cylindric capsules.

[1] A montane species, they are most often found on rock outcrops, barrens, glades and balds.