Hypericum balearicum
{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family Hypericaceae}}
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|genus = Hypericum
|parent = Hypericum sect. Psorophytum
|parent_authority = (Spach) Nyman
|species = balearicum
|authority = L.
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Hypericum balearicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae, native to Spain's Balearic Islands. It is the only species in the section Psorophytum.{{Cite web|url=http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/468|title=Hypericum sect. Psorophytum (Spach) Nyman|website=hypericum.myspecies.info|access-date=2018-10-25}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Description
Hypericum balearicum is a shrub or small tree {{convert|0.6–2|m|abbr=on}} tall, usually forming a rounded bush with erect or ascending branches. Its stems are glandular and warty, yellow-green when young, becoming reddish-brown as it ages. The leaves are sessile, up to {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|7|mm|abbr=on}} broad. The leaves have rounded tips, undulate margins, and broadly cuneate to rounded bases. They are leathery, with prominent warty glands, and paler underneath. The flowers are {{convert|15–40|mm|abbr=on}} across with 5 golden yellow petals (rarely pale yellow), rounded sepals, with involucre-like bracts. The petals are oblong with rounded tips, {{convert|10–20|mm|abbr=on}} long, and {{convert|4–9|mm|abbr=on}} across.{{Cite web|url=http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/542|title=Hypericum balearicum L.|website=hypericum.myspecies.info|access-date=2018-10-25}}
Its warty stems and leaves and its involucre-like bracts distinguish it from other species of Hypericum.
Distribution and habitat
References
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- [http://www.calfloranursery.com/pages_plants/pages_h/hypbal.html California Flora Nursery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006123513/http://www.calfloranursery.com/pages_plants/pages_h/hypbal.html |date=2011-10-06 }}
- J.D. Curtis and N.R. Lersten, "Internal secretory structures in Hypericum (Hypericaceae): H. perforatum L. and H. balearicum L.", New Phytologist, volume 114, issue 4, pages 571-580, April 28, 2006.
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Category:Endemic flora of the Balearic Islands