Hypericum apocynifolium Small

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, branches ascending, 4–7 dm. Stems: internodes narrowly 4-winged at first, then 2-lined. Leaf blades oblong to elliptic-oblong, 20–40 × 12–20 mm, base not articulated, broadly cuneate, margins usually plane, rarely recurved, apex rounded to retuse, midrib with 6 pairs of branches. Inflorescences terminal (1–)3–5(–8)-flowered, narrowly branched. Flowers 15 mm diam.; sepals tardily deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, spatulate to elliptic or ovate, unequal, 3–5 × 1.5–2.3 mm; petals 5, coppery yellow, oblong, 8–10 mm <length 2 times sepals>; stamens deciduous, 60–80; ovary 3-merous, <placentation incompletely axile>. Capsules cylindric-conic, 6–15 × 4.5–8 mm. Seeds scarcely carinate, 1.8–2 mm; testa finely scalariform-reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.7
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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

Hypericum apocynifolium world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126125-2
WFO ID wfo-0001295896
COL ID 6N2D6
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Synonyms

Hypericum apocynifolium