Sarothra drummondii Greville & Hooker, Bot. Misc. 3: 236, plate 107. 1833; Brathys drummondii (Greville & Hooker) Spach linear-lanceolate, subequal, 3–7 × 0.7–1.3 mm, apex acute; petals golden yellow to orange-yellow, oblong, 4–7 mm; stamens 10–22, separate or obscurely 3-fascicled; styles (0.5–)0.8–1.5 mm; stigmas broadly capitate. Capsules narrowly ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 3.5–7 × 2.5–3 mm, <length 1–1.2 times sepals>. Seeds 0.9–1.1 mm; testa finely scalariform. 2n = 24.

Flowering summer–early fall (Jul–Sep). Dry, sandy or clay soil in open woods, old fields, waste or rocky places; 0–1100 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Hypericum drummondii is closely related to H. gentianoides.