Hypericum nudiflorum Michx.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Hypericum nudiflorum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hypericum/hypericum-nudiflorum/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
axillary
Situated in an axil.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Hypericum nudiflorum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hypericum/hypericum-nudiflorum/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

A deciduous shrub or sub-shrub up to 3 or 4 ft, stems square, glabrous, slender, erect. Leaves oval-oblong, 1 to 214 in. long, 14 to 34 in. wide, apex rounded, base tapered, thin in texture, glabrous, scarcely stalked. Flowers bright yellow, 12 to 34 in. wide, borne dichotomously on terminal and axillary cymes 4 or 5 in. across; sepals 16 in. long, oval-oblong; fruits conical, 14 in. long, pointed. Blossoms in July and August.

Native of the S.E. United States from N. Carolina to Florida and quite hardy. The inflorescence usually stands out leafless and clearly above the foliage and is interesting for its successive branching into two below each flower. It has become rare in cultivation.