Hypericum lobocarpum |
Hypericum galioides |
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five-lobe St. John's-wort |
bedstraw St. Johnswort |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, forming large clumps, 9–15(–20) dm. | Shrubs, erect, forming rounded clumps, 5–15 dm. |
Stems | internodes 4-lined at first, soon 2-lined to terete. |
internodes 6-lined at first, soon 4-lined, then terete. |
Leaf | blades narrowly oblong to oblanceolate or linear, 35–50 × 3–11 mm, base articulated, narrowly cuneate to attenuate, margins recurved to revolute, apex apiculate-rounded to subacute, midrib with 12–14 pairs of branches. |
blades narrowly oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate to linear, 15–32(–37) × 1–7 mm, base articulated, attenuate, margins recurved to revolute, apex rounded to acute, midrib obscurely branched. |
Inflorescences | globose-cylindric to shortly and broadly pyramidal, 5–25-flowered from apical node, with 3–15-flowered dichasia from 1–3 proximal nodes. |
narrowly cylindric, 3–15-flowered from apical node, with (1–)3–5-flowered dichasia from 3–4 proximal nodes, sometimes with additional flowering branches. |
Flowers | 10–15 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate-spatulate, subequal to equal, (3.5–)4–4.5 × 0.8–1.5(–2) mm, basal veins 3–7; petals 5, golden yellow, obovate-oblanceolate, 6–7(–8) mm; stamens deciduous, 100–150; ovary (3–)4–5-merous. |
9–14 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, oblanceolate-spatulate to linear, subequal or equal, 3.5–6.5 × 0.5–1.5 mm; petals 5, bright yellow, obovate-oblanceolate, 5–9 mm; stamens deciduous, 60–120; ovary 3-merous, placentation parietal. |
Capsules | narrowly ovoid-conic to ovoid, 5.5–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm, notably lobed. |
narrowly ovoid-conic, 4.5–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm. |
Seeds | not carinate, 1.2–1.5 mm; testa linear-reticulate. |
narrowly carinate, 0.7–0.8 mm; testa finely reticulate. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Hypericum lobocarpum |
Hypericum galioides |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). |
Habitat | Rocky stream bottoms and banks, lake margins, swamps and open pine woods | Wet or moist, open habitats (stream banks, flood plains, roadside ditches, low pine forest, etc.), coastal plain |
Elevation | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; IL; KY; LA; MO; MS; OK; SC; TN; TX
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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Discussion | Hypericum lobocarpum usually can be distinguished from H. densiflorum by the five-merous ovary; its lobed capsule is a better differentiating characteristic. Hybrid intermediate forms sometimes occur in northwestern Alabama. The South Carolina population (from Allendale County), although well within the area of H. densiflorum and well established, has fruits typical of H. lobocarpum and appears to be either an outlier or an introduction. Hypericum ×dawsonianum Rehder, apparently H. lobocarpum × prolificum and intermediate in form between the presumed parents, is known in cultivation only. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The leaves of Hypericum galioides vary considerably in width; the lamina is always visible on either side of the midrib. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 77. | FNA vol. 6, p. 78. |
Parent taxa | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra |
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Synonyms | H. densiflorum var. lobocarpum, H. oklahomense | Brathydium ambiguum, H. ambiguum, H. axillare, H. galioides var. ambiguum, H. galioides var. axillare, H. michauxii, Myriandra galioides, M. michauxii |
Name authority | Gattinger: Bot. Gaz. 11: 275. (1886) | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 4: 161. (1797) |
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