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

highlands scrub hypericum, highlands scrub St. Johnswort

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 perennial, erect, branching at or just below ground level and in inflorescence, 2–7.5 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.

appressed, sessile;

blade linear-subulate, (1–)2.5–4 × 0.2–0.3 mm, subcoriaceous, margins incurved, apex acute, basal vein 1, midrib unbranched.

Inflorescences

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

subcorymbiform, to 13-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.

3–4 mm diam.;

sepals ovate to elliptic or narrowly oblong, unequal, 1.5–2 × 0.6–1 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to subacute;

petals yellow, obovate-oblong, 3.5–5 mm;

stamens 20–25, irregularly arranged;

styles 1.5–2 mm;

stigmas capitate.

Capsules

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

narrowly ovoid-conic, subrostrate, 3.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm.

Seeds

0.5–0.6 mm;

testa linear-scalariform.

0.5–0.6 mm;

testa scalariform-reticulate.

2n

= 16.

= 12.

Hypericum anagalloides

Hypericum cumulicola

Phenology Flowering spring–late summer (May–Sep). Flowering spring–late fall (Mar–Nov).
Habitat Bogs, ditches, lake and stream margins, meadows, other damp habitats Scrub, on ancient white-sand dunes
Elevation 50–2700 m [160–8900 ft] 50 m [160 ft]
Distribution
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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FL
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Hypericum cumulicola is confined to Highlands and Polk counties and its habitat is under threat from bulldozers and citrus groves (D. B. Ward 1980); its nearest relative, with the same chromosome number, appears to be H. setosum.

Hypericum cumulicola is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 95. FNA vol. 6, p. 91.
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. canadense, H. canariense, H. chapmanii, H. cistifolium, H. concinnum, H. crux-andreae, 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 Sanidophyllum cumulicola
Name authority Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 3: 127. (1828) (Small) W. P. Adams: Rhodora 64: 234. (1962)
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