Hypericum erythreae |
Hypericum canariense |
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sparse-leaf St. Johnswort |
Canary Island st john's wort, Canary Islands St. John's wort |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, erect to ascending, branching at ± aerenchymatous base and in inflorescence, 3–12 dm. | Shrubs erect, bushy, 10–50 dm. |
Stems | internodes 4-lined. |
internodes 4-lined at first, then terete. |
Leaves | ascending to appressed, sessile; blade usually lanceolate, rarely elliptic to ovate, 5–20(–24) × 5–15 mm, shorter than internodes, smaller distally, leathery, margins plane, apex acute, gland-dotted, less conspicuously adaxially, basal veins 1–5, midrib with 2–3 pairs of branches. |
spreading, sessile; blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly elliptic-oblong, 20–70 × 5–15 mm, (proximal usually narrower), base narrowly cuneate to subangustate, margins plane, apex acute to apiculate-obtuse, midrib with 8–12 pairs of branches, tertiary veins densely reticulate toward margins. |
Inflorescences | corymbiform, to 30-flowered, branching mostly dichasial. |
broadly rounded-pyramidal to broadly cylindric, to 30-flowered. |
Flowers | 5–13 mm diam.; sepals lanceolate, unequal, 3.5–4.2(–4.8) mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to subacuminate; petals orange-yellow, ± obovate, 5–10 mm; stamens 50–80, filaments basally connate; styles 2–4 mm; stigmas clavate. |
sepals lanceolate, unequal, 3–4.5 × 1–2.2 mm; petals bright yellow, not red-tinged, oblanceolate-unguiculate, 12–17 mm; anther gland yellow to orange; styles widely spreading, 8–14 mm. |
Capsules | ovoid, 3–4.5 mm. |
pyramidal-ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 9–12 × 7–8 mm. |
Seeds | 0.4–0.7 mm; testa reticulate. |
1.5–2 mm, narrowly winged; testa linear-reticulate to linear-foveolate. |
2n | = 40. |
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Hypericum erythreae |
Hypericum canariense |
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Phenology | Flowering mid summer–fall (Jul–Oct). | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Bogs, ditches, coastal plain | Disturbed sites |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) | 20–500 m (100–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
GA; SC |
CA; Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands, Madeira) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Hypericum canariense is established at Montecito and Santa Barbara in the hills (P. A. Munz 1974) and along the coast north of Santa Cruz to San Francisco, at locations in Orange and San Mateo counties, and in the San Diego coast region. The description above agrees with that for Hypericum floribundum regarding sepals lanceolate and acute; in typical H. canariense they are oblong-spatulate and rounded. The variation is continuous; only one species is recognized here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 90. | FNA vol. 6, p. 96. |
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Synonyms | Brathys erythreae | H. floribundum, Webbia canariensis, W. floribunda |
Name authority | (Spach) Steudel: Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 787. (1840) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 784. (1753) |
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