Hypericum hookerianum

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Scientific Names

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Read about Hypericum hookerianum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Hypericum hookerianum, Wight & Am. (H. oblongifolium, Hook., not Choisy). A rather compact shrub, to 6 ft., with terete bright reddish brown branches: lvs. among the largest of the genus, 1-4 in. long, evergreen, ovate or oblong, sessile, dark blue-green above, pale and glaucous below: corymbs several-fld., of large golden yellow fls. in profusion, 2-2 ½ in. diam.; sepals large, obovate; petals very large, firm, broadly obovate; stamens scarcely half as long as petals; styles recurved, longer than the stamens: caps, broad-ovate, longitudinally furrowed, ¾ in. long. Aug. Himalayas. B.M. 4949. Gn. 54, p. 490. G. 3:463. This is one of the most showy species. var. leschenaultii, Dyer (H. triflorum, Blume). Of slenderer and more graceful habit: fls. 2 ½ in. across; sepals acute. Himalayas, Java. Gn. 23:158. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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