Hypericum tenuifolium

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Hypericum tenuifolium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Section: H. sect. Myriandra
Subsection: H. subsect. Centrosperma
Species:
H. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Hypericum tenuifolium
Synonyms [2]
  • Hypericum corisWalter
  • Hypericum fasciculatum var. laxifoliumChoisy
  • Hypericum galioides var. reductumSvenson
  • Hypericum reductum(Svenson) P.B.Adams

Hypericum tenuifolium, known as Atlantic St. John's-wort [3] and sandhill St. John's-wort, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family, Hypericaceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States. [5]

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Description

Atlantic St. John's-wort is a small, spreading shrub, growing 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) tall and forming mats. [5] [6] The leaves are very narrow, hence its name tenuifolium (from Latin tenuis 'thin',and folium 'leaf'), and are only 0.4–0.8 mm (0.016–0.031 in) broad and 4–11 mm (1838 in) long, with rounded tips and revolute margins. The flowerheads are narrowly cylindric, producing 1-7 flowers. Each flower is 10–14 mm (3812 in) broad with 5 sepals, 5 bright yellow petals, and 50-90 stamens. The ovaries are three-parted, forming cylindric capsule fruits. It flowers in the summer, typically June through September, but sometimes as late as December. [4]

Distribution and habitat

Hypericum tenuifolium occurs in the Atlantic coastal plain in the southeastern United States, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. [5] Its habitat includes dry, open, sandy areas such as pine flatwoods, pine savannas, and sandhills. [5] [4]

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References

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