Hypericum lloydii |
Hypericum virgatum |
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sandhill St. Johnswort |
sharpleaf St. Johnswort |
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Habit | Shrubs, decumbent, straggling and rooting, forming low, rounded clumps or mats, 1–5 dm. | Herbs perennial, erect, unbranched or branching at base and in inflorescence, 4–7.5(–10) dm. |
Stems | internodes (4-) or 6-lined at first, then terete. |
internodes 4-lined. |
Leaves | blades linear-subulate, 13–25 × 0.5–0.8 mm, base articulated, parallel, margins revolute, apex rounded to retuse, midrib unbranched. |
(main stem) ascending to spreading, sessile; blade lanceolate to oblong-elliptic or obovate, 10–30(–50) × 3–8(–12) mm, on main stem, longer than internodes, leathery, margins plane, apex usually acute to acuminate, rarely obtuse, basal veins 1–3+, midrib with 2–3 pairs of inconspicuous branches. |
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 cylindric to corymbiform, 25–70-flowered, branching mostly dichasial, subsidiary branches with or without relatively smaller leaves. |
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. |
8–13 mm diam.; sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, equal, 3–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute to acuminate; petals orange-yellow, obovate, 6–10 mm; stamens 50–80, irregularly grouped; styles 2–4 mm; stigmas capitate. |
Capsules | ovoid, 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm. |
ovoid to rostrate-subglobose, 3–5 × 2–3 mm. |
Seeds | carinate, 0.7 mm; testa not seen. |
(0.5–)0.6–0.8(–0.9) mm; testa reticulate. |
2n | = 24. |
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Hypericum lloydii |
Hypericum virgatum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Aug). | Flowering mid–late summer (Jun–Sep). |
Habitat | Dry habitats (pine woods, granite outcrops, roadside embankments), inner coastal plain and foothills | Dry roadsides, fields, open woods |
Elevation | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) | 0–700 m (0–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; GA; NC; SC
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AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; OH; SC; TN; VA; WV |
Discussion | The habit, leaf shape, and drier habitats distinguish Hypericum lloydii from H. galioides. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 79. | FNA vol. 6, p. 90. |
Parent taxa | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Brathys |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | H. galioides var. lloydii | Brathys lanceolata, H. acutifolium, H. denticulatum subsp. acutifolium, H. denticulatum var. acutifolium, H. denticulatum var. recognitum, H. virgatum var. acutifolium |
Name authority | (Svenson) W. P. Adams: Contr. Gray Herb. 189: 32. (1962) | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 4: 158. (1796) |
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