Hypericum lloydii (Svenson) P.B.Adams

Sandhill st. johnswort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Shrubs, decumbent, straggling and rooting, forming low, rounded clumps or mats, 1–5 dm. Stems: internodes (4-) or 6-lined at first, then terete. Leaf blades linear-subulate, 13–25 × 0.5–0.8 mm, base articulated, parallel, margins revolute, apex rounded to retuse, midrib unbranched. Inflorescences <narrowly pyramidal>, 1–3-flowered, with 1–3(–5)-flowered dichasia from to 5 proximal nodes, without additional flowering branches; <pedicels 0.5 mm>. Flowers 12–14 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, linear-subulate, unequal, (3–)4.5–7 × 0.5–0.8 mm; petals 5, golden yellow, oblanceolate-oblong, 5–7.5 mm; stamens deciduous, 100; ovary 3-merous. Capsules ovoid, 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm. Seeds carinate, 0.7 mm; testa not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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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 lloydii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126263-2
WFO ID wfo-0000727877
COL ID 3NPSS
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Hypericum lloydii Hypericum galioides var. lloydii