Hypericum anagalloides |
Hypericum cumulicola |
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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 |
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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. | 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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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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. |
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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 | Sanidophyllum cumulicola |
Name authority | Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 3: 127. (1828) | (Small) W. P. Adams: Rhodora 64: 234. (1962) |
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