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Nomenclature
Hypericum bourgaei (Boiss.) N. Robson
Nomenclature
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Genus: HypericumSection: sect. Origanifolia
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Synonyms: 5
DIAGNOSTIC DESCRIPTION
Perennial herb 0.1–0.3 m tall, erect from ascending base or wholly ascending from taproot, with stems up to c. 13, caespitose, unbranched below inflorescence. Stems 2-lined, black-gland-dotted, glabrous, glaucous; internodes 9–25 mm, shorter than to exceeding leaves. Leaves sessile, spreading to erect, glaucous; lamina 7– 22 × 2–7 mm, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong to linear or oblanceolate, concolorous, chartaceous, glabrous; apex rounded, margin plane, base rounded to broadly cuneate; venation: without or with 1–3 pairs of lateral veins from lower quarter to sixth of midrib, not branching, without visible reticulation; laminar glands pale, rather dense, and black near apex; marginal glands black, irregular. Inflorescence 6–c. 40-flowered from 3–6 nodes, without flowering branches below, the whole narrowly pyramidal; pedicels absent or up to 1mm, relatively stout, glabrous; bracts and bracteoles narrowly oblong to linear, margin black-glandular-ciliate. Flowers 20–22 mm in diam.; buds narrowly ovoid-pyramidal, subacute to rounded. Sepals equal, basally united, 3–4.5 × 1–1.2 mm, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, acute to subacute, glandular-ciliate; veins 3, unbranched; laminar glands black, punctiform; marginal glands black. Petals golden? yellow, veined red, 10– 15 × 4–5 mm, 3–3.8 × sepals, oblanceolate, rounded, apiculus absent; laminar glands black, punctiform; marginal glands black, regular except towards base. Stamens 20–25, longest 8–10 mm, 0.65–0.8 × petals. Ovary 2 × 1 mm, narrowly ovoid; styles 4 mm, c. 2 × ovary. Capsule 8 × 4 mm, ovoid-pyramidal, ripe fruit not seen. Seeds not seen.