Hypericum nitidum Lam.

Carolina st. johnswort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Shrubs, erect, <forming dense thickets>, 3–45 dm, <bark smooth, not metallic-silvery>. Stems: internodes 4-lined at first, becoming 2-winged, then terete. Leaf blades linear or linear-subulate, 9–26 × 0.5–1.5 mm, base articulated, narrowly cuneate or parallel, margins revolute, apex rounded or acute to long-acuminate <with prominent hydathode>, midrib unbranched. Inflorescences <narrowly to broadly cylindric>, 3–15-flowered, sometimes with 1–3(–7)-flowered dichasia from to 6 proximal nodes, sometimes with 1–2 pairs of additional flowering branches. Flowers 10–18 mm diam.; sepals deciduous, not enclosing capsule, 5, linear-subulate, unequal to subequal, 3.5–7 × 0.4–0.8 mm; petals 5, yellow, obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, (5–)6–10 mm; stamens deciduous, 50–80(–115); ovary 3-merous; <styles shorter than ovaries>. Capsules narrowly conic to cylindric, (4.5–)5–7 × (1.3–)2–3 mm. Seeds scarcely carinate, 0.5 mm; testa finely reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 4.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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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 nitidum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433655-1
WFO ID wfo-0001296059
COL ID 3NPWH
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Synonyms

Hypericum nitidum Myriandra nitida

Lower taxons

Hypericum nitidum subsp. cubense