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Nomenclature
Hypericum monanthemum subsp. filicaule (Dyer) N. Robson
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. MonanthemaSpecies: Hypericum monanthemum
Subspecies:
Hypericum monanthemum subsp. filicaule (Dyer) N. Robson
Usage:
accepted
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Synonyms: 3
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Plant erect to decumbent or prostrate and ± mat-forming, with stems unbranched above or (in Yunnan) branched from upper 2-3 nodes. Stems terete or narrowly 2-lined. Leaves to 1 mm petiolate, (4-)5-10(-15) ´ 2-8(-11) mm, broadly elliptic, lower gradually smaller, sometimes becoming minute and scale-like, thinly chartaceous to membranous, paler beneath, base cuneate to rounded-attenuate, intramarginal glands reddish or pale. Inflorescence 1-flowered, pedicels (terminal) 0.5-1.5 mm. Flowers 6-12 mm in diam. Sepals 4, sometimes foliar, outer 4-12 ´ 1.5-7 mm, inner 3-7 ´ 1-3 mm, obtuse, margin entire. Petals 4, 3-8 ´ 1-2.7 mm, 0.75 -1.6 ´ sepals. Stamens 10-20. Styles 0.5-0.8 ´ ovary.