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Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

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Hypericum japonicum Thunb., Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 295, t. 31 (1784)
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

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Thunb.
Thunb.
1784
295, t. 31
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Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
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Hypericum japonicum

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japonicum

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Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

Procumbent or decumbent perennial, us. much-branched, forming small patches up to c. 20 cm. diam. Lvs sessile, 4-9 × 1-3 mm., ovate-to obovate-oblong, ± glaucous; margins flat. Fls solitary or in few-fld cymes. Sepals oblong to ovate, obtuse to subacute, c. 2 mm. long; petals hardly > 2.5 mm. long. Capsule broad-ovoid, ± 2 mm. long; stamens free or nearly so.

Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

n = 8
2n = 16
2n = 16

Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

Very delicate, mat-forming plants with minute lvs 1-3 × 0.5-1 mm occur in some localities, and are currently placed with this sp. This may be the plant described as early last century from Australasia and regarded as a synonym of [ seeRobson, N. K. B., Blumea 20: 268 (1972)]. Robson considered that there are 2 "variants" of present in N.Z. but did not state to which the name applies; one variant usually has irregular stem branching, or if the stems are sympodial then they are erect to decumbent, the other usually has sympodial branching and ± prostrate stems. The latter is also indigenous to New Guinea and Tasmania, whereas the first variant occupies the range of the sp.

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Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
China
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
Nepal
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
United States

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67dca5d9-4439-4778-94a3-c73158f02134
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
22 May 2009
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