ROUND-FRUIT ST. JOHN'S-WORT
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Hypericum sphaerocarpum Michx.
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| Woodson County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 8-24 inches |
| Family: Hypericaceae - St. John's-wort Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September,October |
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| Stems: | | Erect, unbranched or few-branched, not black-punctate. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, opposite, simple, leathery; petiole absent; blade narrowly elliptic or oblong to narrowly lanceolate, 1 to 2.75 inches long, .1 to .6 inch wide, lower surface with numerous transparent glandular dots but not black-punctate, base rounded or acute, margins entire, tip acute. | | Inflorescences: | | Terminal and axillary, cyme-like or thyrse-like, 7-70-flowered. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 5, subequal, broadly ovate to lanceolate, .1 to .2 inch, apex acute to acuminate; petals 5, yellow, oblanceolate to elliptic, .1 to .2 inch, not black-punctate; stamens 45-85; styles 3. | | Fruits: | | Capsules broadly ovoid to globose, .2 to .3 inch; seeds about .1 inch. | | Habitat: | | Tallgrass prairies, rocky woodlands, and roadsides. | | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native |
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