Hypericum anagalloides |
Hypericum buckleyi |
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bog john's-wort, bog St. John's-wort, creeping St. John's-wort, tinker's penny |
mountain St. John's wort |
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Habit | Herbs annual or perennial, decumbent to ascending, with diffusely branching and rooting base, forming loose mats, not usually branched distally, 0.3–1.5 dm. | Shrubs, decumbent, spreading and rooting, wiry, branches ascending to erect, forming compact mats, 0.5–4.5 dm. |
Stems | internodes 4-angled. |
internodes 4-lined. |
Leaves | spreading, sessile or subamplexicaul; blade ovate or orbiculate to elliptic or oblanceolate (proximal) or oblong (distal), 3–13 × 1.5–8.5 mm, papery to membranous, margins plane, apex rounded, basal veins 3–5(–7), distally looped, midrib unbranched. |
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. |
Inflorescences | loosely corymbiform, 1–14-flowered, branching mostly dichasial. |
1(–5)-flowered. |
Flowers | 3–5(–8) mm diam.; sepals usually narrowly elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate-spatulate, rarely obovate, unequal, 2–4 × 0.9–2 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex subacute to rounded; petals golden yellow to salmon-orange, oblanceolate, (1.7–)3.5–5 mm; stamens (5–)12–15(–25), separate or obscurely 3-fascicled; styles 0.5–2 mm; stigmas scarcely capitate. |
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. |
Capsules | ellipsoid to cylindric or subglobose, 2.5–5 × 1.7–2.5 mm. |
ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 8–12 × 5 mm. |
Seeds | 0.5–0.6 mm; testa linear-scalariform. |
narrowly to broadly carinate, 1.5–2 mm; testa finely foveolate-reticulate. |
2n | = 16. |
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Hypericum anagalloides |
Hypericum buckleyi |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–late summer (May–Sep). | Flowering early–mid summer (Jun–Jul). |
Habitat | Bogs, ditches, lake and stream margins, meadows, other damp habitats | Seepage areas, moist rock crevices, ditches, road embankments |
Elevation | 50–2700 m [160–8900 ft] | 900–1600 m [3000–5200 ft] |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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GA; NC; SC |
Discussion | As reflected in the synonymy, Hypericum anagalloides is variable; none of the variations merits taxonomic recognition. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Hypericum buckleyi is found throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains. The decumbent habit and persistent sepals and stamens distinguish Hypericum buckleyi from its nearest relative, H. prolificum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 95. | FNA vol. 6, p. 81. |
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Synonyms | H. anagalloides var. calicifolium, H. anagalloides var. cymosum, H. anagalloides var. nevadense, H. anagalloides var. pumilum, H. anagalloides var. ramigerum, H. anagalloides var. undulatum, H. bryophytum, H. tapetoides | |
Name authority | Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 3: 127. (1828) | M. A. Curtis: Amer. J. Sci. Arts 44: 80. (1843) |
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