Hypericum mutilum subsp. latisepalum |
Hypericum mutilum subsp. mutilum |
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dwarf st john's wort, millepertuis nain, small Canadian St. John's-wort |
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Stems | apical internode usually longer than adjacent one. |
apical internode shorter than adjacent one or almost absent. |
Leaf | blades broadly ovate or broadly oblong-ovate to suborbiculate. |
blades variable, rarely broadly ovate or suborbiculate. |
Inflorescences | branching from 1–4(–6) nodes, branches diffuse and repeatedly monochasial distally. |
branching from 2–10 nodes, mostly dichasial. |
Sepals | ± imbricate, broader beyond middle. |
not imbricate or broader beyond middle or, if imbricate, leaves not broadly ovate to suborbiculate. |
2n | = 16. |
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Hypericum mutilum subsp. latisepalum |
Hypericum mutilum subsp. mutilum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer (Apr–Jun). | Flowering summer–fall (Jun–Oct). |
Habitat | Ditches, marshes, lake margins, desiccated temporary pools | Ditches, marshes, lake margins, desiccated temporary pools |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 0–400 m (0–1300 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; NJ; SC; TX |
AL; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NB; NS; ON; QC; SK [Widely introduced in Central America, South America, Europe, Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand)] |
Discussion | Fernald recorded subsp. latisepalum from New Jersey; D. H. Webb (1980) did not record it north of South Carolina. No specimens have been seen from farther north than Georgia, where it appears to tend morphologically toward subsp. mutilum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The records of subsp. mutilum from British Columbia and Saskatchewan and from California, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah (no details seen) are almost certainly all the result of introduction, as may be some other peripheral records. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 94. | FNA vol. 6, p. 94. |
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Synonyms | H. mutilum var. latisepalum | Brathys euphorbioides, B. quinquenervia, H. euphorbioides, H. mutilum var. densiflorum, H. mutilum var. foliosissimum, H. mutilum var. minimum, H. mutilum var. parviflorum, H. quinquenervium |
Name authority | (Fernald) N. Robson: Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 20: 119. (1990) | unknown |
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