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| Synonyms: |
Hypericum bojeranum sensu Perrier Hypericum nigropunctatum Norl. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched perennial herb with more or less procumbent stems, usually less than c. 30 cm long. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate to subsessile, variable in shape, ovate, elliptic-oblong or obovate, up to 15 × 8 mm, with dark gland dots around the margin; apex rounded; margin entire. Flowers c. 1.5-2 cm in diameter, in terminal clusters; sepals obovate or oblong, rounded at the apex, unequal, with translucent and dark gland dots; petals pale to bright yellow with dark gland dots on margins only; stamens c. 25-30 numerous; styles usually 3-4. Fruit a capsule, usually erect. See the similar H. aethiopicum and H. peplidifolium for comparison. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | wilmsii: named after Dr. Friedrich Heinrich Wilms (1848-1919), German apothecary, botanist and plant collector in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. |
| Habitat: | Among rocks in (sub)montane grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. Also in Madagascar. |
| National distribution: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 35. Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 383 - 384. (Includes a picture). |
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