Hypericum lloydii |
Hypericum canariense |
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sandhill St. Johnswort |
Canary Island st john's wort, Canary Islands St. John's wort |
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Habit | Shrubs, decumbent, straggling and rooting, forming low, rounded clumps or mats, 1–5 dm. | Shrubs erect, bushy, 10–50 dm. |
Stems | internodes (4-) or 6-lined at first, then terete. |
internodes 4-lined at first, then terete. |
Leaves | blades linear-subulate, 13–25 × 0.5–0.8 mm, base articulated, parallel, margins revolute, apex rounded to retuse, midrib unbranched. |
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 | narrowly pyramidal, 1–3-flowered, with 1–3(–5)-flowered dichasia from to 5 proximal nodes, without additional flowering branches; pedicels 0.5 mm. |
broadly rounded-pyramidal to broadly cylindric, to 30-flowered. |
Flowers | 12–14 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, linear-subulate, unequal, (3–)4.5–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm; petals 5, golden yellow, oblanceolate-oblong, 5–7.5 mm; stamens deciduous, 100; ovary 3-merous. |
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 × 2–2.5 mm. |
pyramidal-ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 9–12 × 7–8 mm. |
Seeds | carinate, 0.7 mm; testa not seen. |
1.5–2 mm, narrowly winged; testa linear-reticulate to linear-foveolate. |
2n | = 40. |
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Hypericum lloydii |
Hypericum canariense |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Aug). | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Dry habitats (pine woods, granite outcrops, roadside embankments), inner coastal plain and foothills | Disturbed sites |
Elevation | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) | 20–500 m (100–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; NC; SC
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CA; Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands, Madeira) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | The habit, leaf shape, and drier habitats distinguish Hypericum lloydii from H. galioides. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 79. | FNA vol. 6, p. 96. |
Parent taxa | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Webbia |
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Synonyms | H. galioides var. lloydii | H. floribundum, Webbia canariensis, W. floribunda |
Name authority | (Svenson) W. P. Adams: Contr. Gray Herb. 189: 32. (1962) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 784. (1753) |
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