Hypericum tenuifolium

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]

Hypericum tenuifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 coris Walter
  • Hypericum fasciculatum var. laxifolium Choisy
  • Hypericum galioides var. reductum Svenson
  • Hypericum reductum (Svenson) P.B.Adams

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 (1⁄8–3⁄8 in) long, with rounded tips and revolute margins. The flowerheads are narrowly cylindric, producing 1-7 flowers. Each flower is 10–14 mm (3⁄8–1⁄2 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]

References
  1. "Hypericum tenuifolium Pursh". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  2. "Hypericum tenuifolium Pursh". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hypericum tenuifolium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  4. Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  5. Robson, Norman K. B. (2015). "Hypericum tenuifolium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 6. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-10-13 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. "Hypericum tenuifolium". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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