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Nomenclature
Hypericum microlicioides L.B.Sm.
Nomenclature
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Section: sect. TrigynobrathysSubsection: subsect. Connatum
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Synonyms: 1
- isotype: NY - Smith, Klein - 8535
- holotype: US - Smith, Klein - 8535
- isotype: P - Smith, Klein - 8535
Media
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Subshrub or woody herb 0.15-0.45 m tall, decumbent and branching at the base, with branches diffuse, lateral or rarely pseudo-dichomotous. Stems dull red-brown, 4-lined when young, soon terete, cortex exfoliating in strips; internodes l.5-10(-30) mm long, shorter to longer than leaves. Leaves sessile, appressed or tardily spreading; lamina 8-20 x 3-6 mm, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong to lanceolate, plane or usually margin subrevolute, paler (? and reddish) beneath, not glaucous, subcoriaceous; apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate, free; basal or near-basal veins 5-7, midrib pinnately branched, tertiary reticulum lax; laminar glands dense, obscure. Inflorescence 1-flowered, terminal and on lateral branches; pedicels 2-3(-6) mm long; bracts foliar. Flowers 25-30 mm in diam., stellate; buds ovoid, acute. Sepals 8-12 x 2-3 mm, equal, not imbricate, narrowly elliptic to linear, acute to acuminate; veins 7-9, midrib prominent; glands mostly punctiform. Petals yellow, 13-16 x 6-8 mm, 1.2-1.4 x sepals, obovate; apiculus subacute; glands linear, distally absent. Stamens c. 70, 5-fascicled, longest 4-5 mm long, c. 0.3 x petals. Ovary 2.5 x 1 mm, ovoid; styles 5, c. 2 mm long, spreading; stigmas clavate. Capsule and seeds not seen.