Hypericum sphaerocarpum |
Hypericum radfordiorum |
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round-fruit St. John's-wort, roundseed St. Johnswort |
brushy mountain St. Johnswort |
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Habit | Herbs (perennial) or subshrubs, erect or decumbent, not or rarely rhizomatous, unbranched or branched proximally, 2–6 dm. | Herbs perennial, erect or ± spreading, branching at base and beyond, (3–)4–7(–7.8) dm. |
Stems | internodes 2–4-lined. |
internodes 4-lined. |
Leaves | 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. |
ascending to widely spreading, sessile; blade narrowly lanceolate (linear-lanceolate on axillary branches), 10–40(–55) × 5–10(–13) mm, longer than internodes, leathery, margins plane, apex acute to acuminate, densely gland-dotted, basal vein 1, midrib with inconspicuous branches. |
Inflorescences | rounded-corymbiform, 7–70-flowered, narrowly branched, sometimes with dichasia or branches from to 8 proximal nodes. |
cylindric, to 40-flowered; branching mostly dichasial, subsidiary branches usually with relatively smaller leaves. |
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. |
8–15+ mm diam.; sepals lanceolate, unequal (outer slightly wider than inner), 3–6(–7.5) × 1.1–1.8(–2.2) mm, margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate, apex acute or acuminate; petals orange-yellow, obovate, 5–10 mm; stamens 50–80, filaments basally connate; styles 2–4 mm; stigmas capitate. |
Capsules | broadly ovoid to depressed-globose, 4.5–8 × 4–7 mm. |
ovoid, 5 × 3–4 mm. |
Seeds | carinate, 2–2.7 mm; testa coarsely reticulate. |
0.4–0.8 mm; testa linear-pitted. |
2n | = 24. |
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Hypericum sphaerocarpum |
Hypericum radfordiorum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jun–Aug). | Flowering late spring–fall (May–)Jun–Sep(–Oct). |
Habitat | Rocky outcrops or embankments, prairies, stream banks, usually wet or moist, railroad embankments | Granitic outcrops |
Elevation | 500–1000 m (1600–3300 ft) | 500–800 m (1600–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MI; MO; MS; NE; OH; OK; TN; TX; WI; ON
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NC |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 83. | FNA vol. 6, p. 90. |
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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) | Weakley ex J. R. Allison: Castanea 76: 110, fig. 3. (2011) |
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