Hypericum punctatum

Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.

in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 4: 164. 1797.

Common names: Spotted St. John’s wort
EndemicWeedy
Synonyms: Hypericum maculatum var. corymbosum Kuntze H. maculatum var. heterophyllum Kuntze H. maculatum var. subcordifolium Kuntze H. maculatum var. subpetiolatum E. P. Bicknell ex Britton H. micranthum H. subpetiolatum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 101. Mentioned on page 98, 100, 102.

Herbs erect to ascending, with rarely rooting, branching base, 1.3–10.5 dm. Stems clustered, internodes not lined, with black glands scattered all over. Leaves spreading or ascending, usually sessile, rarely petiolate (to 1 mm); blade elliptic or oblong to lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, 14–40 (–58) × 3–17 (–22.5) mm, base cordate to narrowly cuneate, margins plane, apex usually rounded to retuse, rarely acute to obtuse, midrib with 3–5 pairs of branches, tertiary-veins densely reticulate toward margins, black glands intramarginal (dense) and laminar (scattered). Inflorescences subcorymbiform to cylindric, 10–206 (–600) -flowered, subsidiary branches narrowly ascending to curved-ascending. Flowers 8–15 mm diam.; sepals not imbricate, erect in fruit, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate to elliptic or ovate-elliptic, subequal, (1.5–) 2–4 × 0.8–1.6 mm, apex acute to rounded; petals pale-yellow, oblanceolate to elliptic, 3–6 (–9) mm; stamens (20–) 30–60; anther gland black; styles 1–4 mm. Capsules ovoid to subglobose, 2.5–6 × 2–3.5 (–4) mm, with longitudinal vittae or elongate to ovoid vesicles. Seeds not carinate, 0.5–0.7 mm; testa linear-reticulate. 2n = 14, 16.


Phenology: Flowering summer (May–Sep).
Habitat: Open or slightly shaded, dry to marshy habitats
Elevation: 50–1200 m

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Hypericum punctatum has been confused with H. pseudomaculatum; it can almost always be distinguished by style length and anther gland (black in H. punctatum, amber or pellucid in H. pseudomaculatum). D. E. Culwell’s (1970) record of one specimen of the latter from Missouri with a black anther gland could refer to a hybrid; he and other authors agree that such plants are rare, despite the considerable overlap in distribution of these species. Culwell remarked on the unexpected fecundity of the experimentally produced cross H. graveolens × punctatum but nowhere compared the resulting plants with H. ×mitchellianum, a probable hybrid with that parentage (see discussion

under H. ×mitchellianum. Both H. punctatum and H. ×mitchellianum (but not H. graveolens) display a ring of 16 chromosomes at meiosis, and Culwell suggested that this phenomenon may imply some degree of pseudogamy in the group. C. R. Bell (1965) recorded n = 7 chromosomes for this species; his illustration shows n = 8.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Hypericum punctatum"
reddish +  and black +
gland black +
oblong;ellipsoid +
acute;rounded +
Norman K. B. Robson +
Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al. +
striate +  and smooth +
punctiform +
branching +  and rooting +
distinct +
cordate +  and narrowly cuneate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5.8 cm58 mm <br />0.058 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.25 cm22.5 mm <br />0.0225 m <br />) +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
oblong +  and lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate or oblanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
ovoid;subglobose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Spotted St. John’s wort +
Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
50–1200 m +
connate +  and distinct +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
laminar +  and intramarginal +
Open or slightly shaded, dry to marshy habitats +
10-206(-600)-flowered +
axillary +  and terminal +
terete +  and angled +
petiolate +  and sessile +
deciduous +  and persistent +
ascending;spreading +
glandular-ciliate +
3(-4)-merous +
axile +  and parietal +
glanduliferous +
contorted +  and imbricate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
pale-yellow +
persistent +
distinct +
oblanceolate;elliptic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering summer (May–Sep). +
in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. +
not carinate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
not imbricate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
oblong-lanceolate;elliptic or ovate-elliptic +
subequal +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Weedy +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
elongate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
narrowly ascending +  and curved-ascending +
Hypericum maculatum var. corymbosum +, H. maculatum var. heterophyllum +, H. maculatum var. subcordifolium +, H. maculatum var. subpetiolatum +, H. micranthum +  and H. subpetiolatum +
Hypericum punctatum +
Hypericum sect. Hypericum +
species +
scalariform +
reticulate +  and foveolate +
south +, west +  and north +
erect +  and ascending +
hairy +  and glabrous +
6 +, 9 +  and 7 +