Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schltdl.

Tinker's penny (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Herbs annual or perennial, decumbent to ascending, with diffusely branching and rooting base, forming loose mats, not usually branched distally, 0.3–1.5 dm. Stems: internodes 4-angled. Leaves spreading, sessile or subamplexicaul; blade ovate or orbiculate to elliptic or oblanceolate (proximal) or oblong (distal), 3–13 × 1.5–8.5 mm, papery to membranous, margins plane, apex rounded, basal veins 3–5(–7), <distally looped>, midrib unbranched. Inflorescences loosely corymbiform, 1–14-flowered, branching mostly dichasial. Flowers 3–5(–8) mm diam.; sepals usually narrowly elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate-spatulate, rarely obovate, unequal, 2–4 × 0.9–2 mm, <margins sometimes ciliate, not setulose-ciliate>, apex subacute to rounded; petals golden yellow to salmon-orange, oblanceolate, (1.7–)3.5–5 mm; stamens (5–)12–15(–25), separate or obscurely 3-fascicled; styles 0.5–2 mm; stigmas scarcely capitate. Capsules ellipsoid to cylindric or subglobose, 2.5–5 × 1.7–2.5 mm. Seeds 0.5–0.6 mm; testa linear-scalariform. 2n= 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
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Environment

Light 5-5
Soil humidity 8-8
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Soil acidity 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Images

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Distribution

Hypericum anagalloides world distribution map, present in Canada, Mexico, and United States of America

Conservation status

Hypericum anagalloides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317530-2
WFO ID wfo-0001295895
COL ID 6MQDC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hypericum bryophytum Hypericum anagalloides Hypericum tapetoides Hypericum anagalloides var. nevadense Hypericum anagalloides var. undulatum Hypericum anagalloides var. cymosum Hypericum anagalloides var. ramigerum Hypericum anagalloides var. pumilum Hypericum anagalloides var. calicifolium