Hypericum canariense

Taxobox
name = "Hypericum canariense"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Theales
familia = Clusiaceae
genus = "Hypericum"
species = "H. canariense"
binomial = "Hypericum canariense"
binomial_authority = L.
synonyms =

"Hypericum canariense" is a species of St. John's wort known by the common name Canary Islands St. John's wort. It is native to the Canary Islands, where it grows in the coastal scrub and moist forested slopes of the five westernmost islands. It is also known as an introduced species in Australia, New Zealand, and the US states of California and Hawaii, where it is an escaped ornamental plant and generally considered a minor noxious weed. This is a flowering shrub growing 2 to 3 meters in height. Its many stems bear waxy lance-shaped leaves 5 to 7 centimeters long. The plentiful flowers each have five bright to deep yellow petals each just over a centimeter long and many yellowish whiskery stamens. It reproduces via the seed in its dehiscent dry fruits and also vegetatively via rhizome.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4724,4725,4727 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HYCA11 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/people/parker/hypericum/ UCSC Species Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Hypericum+canariense Photo gallery]