Hypericum perforatum |
Hypericum chapmanii |
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Chase-devil, common St. John's-wort, Klamath weed, millepertuis commun, Tipton's weed |
Apalachicola St. Johnswort |
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Habit | Shrubs, erect, treelike, to 40 dm, bark thick-corky, striate, exfoliating in thin, papery sheets or plates. | |
Stems | internodes 4-lined at first, soon 4-angled, then terete, not glaucous. |
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Leaf | blades linear-subulate, 8–25 × 0.5–0.7 mm, not glaucous, base articulated, parallel or slightly expanded, margins revolute, apex acute, midrib unbranched. |
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Inflorescences | shortly cylindric, 1–3-flowered, often with single flowers or triads from 1–2 proximal nodes. |
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Flowers | 12–15 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, linear-subulate, unequal, 5–7 × 0.5 mm, not glaucous; petals 5, bright yellow, oblong-spatulate, 7–9 mm; stamens deciduous, 75; ovary 3-merous; styles 2.5–4 mm. |
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Capsules | narrowly pyramidal-ovoid, 6 × 2.4 mm. |
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Seeds | not carinate, 0.6–0.8 mm; testa finely foveolate-reticulate. |
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Hypericum perforatum |
Hypericum chapmanii |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). | |
Habitat | Pond margins, flatwoods, depressions | |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | |
Distribution |
AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; Europe; Asia (sw Arabia, China, India, Mongolia, Siberia); n Africa [Also introduced widely elsewhere]
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FL |
Discussion | Subspecies 4 (1 in the flora). Hypericum perforatum has been introduced into various parts of the world, including North America, where only subsp. perforatum is represented. The range of variation in the flora area is less than occurs in Europe, and signs of hybridization that are common there are absent in North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Hypericum chapmanii differs from H. fasciculatum in its taller, single-stemmed habit, thicker stems (to 10–15 cm diameter) with fluted, spongy bark containing large laticifers, and fewer-flowered inflorescences. Hypericum chapmanii is known from the panhandle of northwestern Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 99. | FNA vol. 6, p. 81. |
Parent taxa | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Hypericum | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra |
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Synonyms | H. arborescens | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 785. (1753) | W. P. Adams: Contr. Gray Herb. 189: 22. (1962) |
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