Hypericum sphaerocarpum |
Hypericum ascyron |
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round-fruit St. John's-wort, roundseed St. Johnswort |
great or giant St. John's wort, great St. John's-wort |
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Habit | Herbs (perennial) or subshrubs, erect or decumbent, not or rarely rhizomatous, unbranched or branched proximally, 2–6 dm. | |
Stems | internodes 2–4-lined. |
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Leaf | blades narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong to linear, 30–70 × 3–15 mm, base not articulated, narrowly cuneate to linear, margins plane to revolute, apex subacute to rounded, midrib with 0–4 pairs of branches. |
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Inflorescences | rounded-corymbiform, 7–70-flowered, narrowly branched, sometimes with dichasia or branches from to 8 proximal nodes. |
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Flowers | 10–15 mm diam.; sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, broadly ovate to oblong-elliptic, ± unequal, 2.5–5 × 1.5–3 mm; petals 5, bright yellow, oblanceolate-elliptic to elliptic, 5–9 mm; stamens persistent, 45–85; ovary 3-merous, placentation parietal. |
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Capsules | broadly ovoid to depressed-globose, 4.5–8 × 4–7 mm. |
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Seeds | carinate, 2–2.7 mm; testa coarsely reticulate. |
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Hypericum sphaerocarpum |
Hypericum ascyron |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). | |
Habitat | Rocky outcrops or embankments, prairies, stream banks, usually wet or moist, railroad embankments | |
Elevation | 500–1000 m (1600–3300 ft) | |
Distribution |
AL; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MI; MO; MS; NE; OH; OK; TN; TX; WI; ON
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CT; IA; IL; IN; KS; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; NY; OH; PA; VT; WI; ON; QC; Asia (e China, Japan, Korea, Siberia)
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Discussion | Hypericum sphaerocarpum differs from H. cistifolium and H. nudiflorum in its semiherbaceous habit and more northwestern distribution, as well as in its combination of relatively long, narrow leaves, persistent sepals, globose and apiculate to rounded capsules, and relatively large seeds. The narrow-leaved, bushy form from eastern parts of the range (var. turgidum) merges with the typical form. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 83. | FNA vol. 6, p. 97. |
Parent taxa | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Myriandra | Hypericaceae > Hypericum > sect. Roscyna |
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Synonyms | Brathydium chamaenerium, B. sphaerocarpum, H. chamaenerium, H. sphaerocarpum var. turgidum, H. turgidum | |
Name authority | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 78. (1803) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 783. (1753) |
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