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Hypericum calycinum L.

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New Zealand
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1767
106
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Hypericum calycinum L.
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Hypericum calycinum

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calycinum

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Hypericum calycinum L.

Glabrous, evergreen subshrub, lacking black glands; aerial stems to 50-(80) cm tall; rhizomes stout, reddish, forming dense colonies. Shoots 4-angled, with 2 prominent raised lines. Lvs subsessile, 3-10 × 1.2-3 cm (lvs at base of aerial shoots often smaller), ± elliptic, glaucous below; base broad-cuneate to rounded; apex obtuse. Fls solitary or in cymes of 2-3; peduncles short, terminal. Sepals unequal, strongly imbricate, eglandular, entire, ± accrescent; outer sepals c. 1 cm diam., ± orbicular; inner sepals c. 1.5 cm long, oblong. Corolla 7-9 cm diam., bright yellow; petals obovate, ± patent, asymmetric, much > sepals. Stamens in 5 bundles, nearly = corolla. Styles 5, > ovary. Capsule 1-2 cm long, ovoid, dry. Seeds c. 1.5-2 mm long, broad-cylindric, reticulate, mostly abortive.

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Hypericum calycinum L.
Hypericum calycinum L.
Hypericum calycinum L.
Hypericum calycinum L.
Hypericum calycinum L.
Hypericum calycinum L.

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Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Hypericum calycinum L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 December 2010
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