Hypericum buckleyi

M. A. Curtis

Amer. J. Sci. Arts 44: 80. 1843.

Common names: Mountain St. John’s wort
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 81. Mentioned on page 74.

Shrubs, decumbent, spreading and rooting, wiry, branches ascending to erect, forming compact mats, 0.5–4.5 dm. Stems: internodes 4-lined. Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic to obovate, 4–25 × 2–12 mm, base not articulated, cuneate, margins plane, apex rounded, midrib with 2–4 pairs of branches. Inflorescences 1 (–5) -flowered. Flowers 20–25 mm diam.; sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, broadly elliptic to elliptic-spatulate or obovate, subequal, 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm; petals 5, golden yellow, oblanceolate, 6–10.5 mm; stamens persistent, 100; ovary 3-merous. Capsules ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, 8–12 × 5 mm. Seeds narrowly to broadly carinate, 1.5–2 mm; testa finely foveolate-reticulate.


Phenology: Flowering early–mid summer (Jun–Jul).
Habitat: Seepage areas, moist rock crevices, ditches, road embankments
Elevation: 900–1600 m

Discussion

Hypericum buckleyi is found throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains.

The decumbent habit and persistent sepals and stamens distinguish Hypericum buckleyi from its nearest relative, H. prolificum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Hypericum buckleyi"
reddish +  and black +
yellow;orange +
oblong;ellipsoid +
rounded +
Norman K. B. Robson +
M. A. Curtis +
striate +  and smooth +
punctiform +
not articulated +
distinct +
cuneate +
Undefined sect. Myriandra +
ascending;erect +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
ovoid;ovoid-cylindric +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
Mountain St. John’s wort +
Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
900–1600 m +
connate +  and distinct +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Seepage areas, moist rock crevices, ditches, road embankments +
axillary +  and terminal +
terete +  and angled +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
elliptic;obovate +
glanduliferous +, petiolate +, pseudopetiolate +, subsessile +, sessile +, estipulate +  and simple +
persistent +  and deciduous +
glandular-ciliate +
incompletely axile +  and parietal +
glanduliferous +
contorted +  and imbricate +
golden yellow +
deciduous +
distinct +
oblanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
Flowering early–mid summer (Jun–Jul). +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts +
carinate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
broadly elliptic;elliptic-spatulate or obovate +
subequal +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
spreading;more or less appressed +
elongate +
Ascyrum +, Crookea +, Sanidophyllum +  and Sarothra +
Hypericum buckleyi +
Hypericum sect. Myriandra +
species +
scalariform +
reticulate +  and foveolate +
wiry +  and rooting +
perennial +  and annual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
6 +, 9 +  and 7 +