familyHypericaceae
genusHypericum
sectionHypericum sect. Myriandra
speciesHypericum nitidum
subspeciesHypericum nitidum subsp. exile
Hypericum nitidum subsp. exile
Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 23: 67. 1993.
Conservation concern
Basionym: Hypericum exile W. P. Adams Contr. Gray Herb. 189: 33. 1962
Synonyms: H. galioides var. cubense Grisebach
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 80.
Plants with ± few, slender, little-branched stems from base, 3–10 dm. Leaf-blades 9–26 × 0.5–0.8 mm, chartaceous, margins tightly inrolled, apex acute to long-acuminate. Inflorescences with terminal dichasium 3–7-flowered. Sepal apices acute to long-acuminate. Capsules cylindric to narrowly conic. 2n = 18.
Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Open pine woods in sand
Elevation: 10 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies (w Cuba), Central America
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Hypericum nitidum subsp. exile"
isodiametric +
yellow;orange +
dehiscing +
oblong;ellipsoid +
acute;long-acuminate +
not metallic-silvery +
punctiform +
articulated +
parallel +
distinct +
cuneate +
flowering +
additional +
2-5-valved +
cylindric;narrowly conic +
straight +
absent +
branching +
stellate +
capsular +
septicidal +
black +
absent +
simple +
prominent +
3-15-flowered +
cylindric +
terete +
chartaceous +
linear-subulate;linear +
0.5mm;0.8mm +
opposite +
like +
glandular-ciliate +
inrolled +
unbranched +
3-merous +
superior +
anatropous +
1;2 +
various +
glanduliferous +
contorted +
yellow +
deciduous +
distinct +
obovate;elliptic-lanceolate +
1-3(-7)-flowered +
Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. +
1993 +
carinate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
deciduous +
? (?) +
linear-subulate +
Conservation concern +
fascicles +
deciduous +
50;80 +
fascicles +
absent +
reduced +
little-branched +
few +
minute +
appressed +
shorter +
spreading;more or less appressed +
2;5 +
elongate +
Hypericum nitidum subsp. exile +
Hypericum nitidum +
subspecies +
3-7-flowered +
reticulate +
scalariform +
dense +
rhizomatous +