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bog john's-wort, bog St. John's-wort, creeping St. John's-wort, tinker's penny

Canadian St. John's-wort, lesser Canadian St. John's wort, lesser St. John's-wort, millepertuis de Canada

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. Herbs annual or perennial, erect, basal branches relatively few or none, usually with strict, ascending branches from distal nodes, 0.3–7.5 dm.
Stems

internodes 4-angled.

internodes 4-angled.

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.

erect or spreading, sessile or subsessile;

blade linear to oblanceolate-linear or (proximal) oblanceolate to obovate, 6–55 × 0.5–5.5 mm, papery to membranous, margins plane, apex rounded, basal or near-basal veins 1–3(–5), midrib with 1–4 pairs of branches.

Inflorescences

loosely corymbiform, 1–14-flowered, branching mostly dichasial.

corymbiform to cylindric, usually diffuse, 1–35-flowered, branching mostly dichasial.

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.

5–6 mm diam.;

sepals linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, equal, 2.5–4.5 × 0.8–1 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate;

petals golden yellow, sometimes red-veined, narrowly obovate to elliptic, 2.5–4 mm;

stamens 12–25, obscurely 3–5-fascicled;

styles 0.5–0.8 mm;

stigmas broadly capitate.

Capsules

ellipsoid to cylindric or subglobose, 2.5–5 × 1.7–2.5 mm.

narrowly conic to conic-cylindric, 4–6 × 1.5–3 mm, broadest proximal to middle.

Seeds

0.5–0.6 mm;

testa linear-scalariform.

0.5–0.7 mm;

testa finely linear-scalariform.

2n

= 16.

= 16.

Hypericum anagalloides

Hypericum canadense

Phenology Flowering spring–late summer (May–Sep). Flowering summer (Jun–Sep).
Habitat Bogs, ditches, lake and stream margins, meadows, other damp habitats Fens, marshes, depressions, lake and pond margins
Elevation 50–2700 m [160–8900 ft] 0–500 m [0–1600 ft]
Distribution
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM [Introduced in Europe (Ireland, The Netherlands)]
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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 canadense is closely related to H. majus; it hybridizes with that species and with H. mutilum, producing intermediate forms. Hypericum ×dissimulatum E. P. Bicknell appears to comprise a continuous series of hybrids between H. canadense and

H. mutilum or H. boreale such that it is not always possible to say which of these species is involved. Hypericum ×dissimulatum has been recorded from New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec and from Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia.

J. Rousseau reduced Hypericum canadense var. minimum to a form; it does not seem to merit any recognition.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 95. FNA vol. 6, p. 92.
Parent taxa Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Brathys Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Brathys
Sibling taxa
H. adpressum, H. apocynifolium, H. ascyron, H. boreale, H. brachyphyllum, H. buckleyi, H. canadense, H. canariense, H. chapmanii, H. cistifolium, H. concinnum, H. crux-andreae, H. cumulicola, H. densiflorum, H. denticulatum, H. dolabriforme, H. drummondii, H. edisonianum, H. ellipticum, H. erythreae, H. fasciculatum, H. frondosum, H. galioides, H. gentianoides, H. graveolens, H. gymnanthum, H. harperi, H. hypericoides, H. kalmianum, H. lissophloeus, H. lloydii, H. lobocarpum, H. maculatum, H. majus, H. microsepalum, H. mutilum, H. myrtifolium, H. nitidum, H. nudiflorum, H. paucifolium, H. perforatum, H. prolificum, H. pseudomaculatum, H. punctatum, H. radfordiorum, H. scouleri, H. setosum, H. sphaerocarpum, H. suffruticosum, H. tenuifolium, H. tetrapetalum, H. virgatum, H. ×mitchellianum
H. adpressum, H. anagalloides, H. apocynifolium, H. ascyron, H. boreale, H. brachyphyllum, H. buckleyi, H. canariense, H. chapmanii, H. cistifolium, H. concinnum, H. crux-andreae, H. cumulicola, H. densiflorum, H. denticulatum, H. dolabriforme, H. drummondii, H. edisonianum, H. ellipticum, H. erythreae, H. fasciculatum, H. frondosum, H. galioides, H. gentianoides, H. graveolens, H. gymnanthum, H. harperi, H. hypericoides, H. kalmianum, H. lissophloeus, H. lloydii, H. lobocarpum, H. maculatum, H. majus, H. microsepalum, H. mutilum, H. myrtifolium, H. nitidum, H. nudiflorum, H. paucifolium, H. perforatum, H. prolificum, H. pseudomaculatum, H. punctatum, H. radfordiorum, H. scouleri, H. setosum, H. sphaerocarpum, H. suffruticosum, H. tenuifolium, H. tetrapetalum, H. virgatum, H. ×mitchellianum
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 Brathys canadensis, H. canadense var. galiiforme, H. canadense var. magninsulare, H. canadense var. minimum
Name authority Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 3: 127. (1828) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 785. (1753)
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