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Hypericum anagalloides Cham. & Schltdl.
bog St. John's-wort (tinker's penny)
Clusiaceae

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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General:
Perennial herb from freely rooting, matted stolons; stems numerous, prostrate to decumbent, glabrous, 3-25 cm long.
Leaves:
Stem leaves egg-shaped to elliptic, 4-15 mm long, 5-to 7-nerved, rounded at the apex, slightly clasping at the base, glabrous.
Flowers:
Inflorescence 1- to 15-flowered; petals salmon-yellow, 2-4 mm long; stamens 15-25, longer than the sepals; sepals triangular to egg-shaped, 2-4 mm long, unequal, rounded to abruptly sharp-pointed, margins glabrous; styles 3, 1.5-2 mm long.
Fruits:
Membranous capsules, 3 mm long; seeds yellow-brown, about 0.5 mm long, transversely wrinkled and longitudinally finely-lined.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

USDA Species Characteristics

Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Early Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the Summer
Source:  The USDA

Habitat / Range

Moist to wet bogs, ditches and lawns in the lowland zone; frequent in SW BC; S to MT, CA and MX.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Hypericum anagalloides

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 50 589 1950
Slope Gradient (%) 0 3 41
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		90 210 300
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		3 6 8
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class		 D
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:		 76
Modal BEC Zone Class
 CWH
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: CDF(11), CWH(58), ESSF(3), ICH(3), MH(1)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is cool mesothermal.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links


Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

UBC Herbarium Scanned Collection Record
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General References

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Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2025-01-23 11:32:04 PM ]
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