Hypericum grandifolium Choisy

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

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'Hypericum grandifolium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hypericum/hypericum-grandifolium/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Synonyms

  • H. elatum auct., not Ait.

Glossary

inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
indehiscent
Not opening naturally; remaining closed at maturity. (Cf. dehiscent.)
obtuse
Blunt.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
reflexed
Folded backwards.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Hypericum grandifolium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hypericum/hypericum-grandifolium/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A shrub to nearly 6 ft high in the wild. Leaves up to 312 in. long and 2 in. wide, broadly triangular-ovate to oblong-ovate, usually obtuse. Inflorescence with up to thirteen flowers from the upper two nodes, with spreading branches. Flowers golden yellow, 1 to 134 in. wide. Sepals spreading to reflexed, persistent in fruit. The fruits are dry when ripe, indehiscent.

A native of the Canary Islands and Madeira, allied to H. androsaemum and H. hircinum, differing from both in its greater size and larger leaves, from the former in its dry fruits and from the latter in its persistent sepals. Introduced to Kew in 1974 by Brian Halliwell.