Hypericum scioanum Chiov.

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Hypericum scioanum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park

Hypericum scioanum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

Hypericum scioanum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

Hypericum scioanum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Dam 2, Southern Loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Hypericum afropalustre Lebrun & Taton
Hypericum stolzii Briq.
Hypericum thoralfi T.C.E. Fr.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb prostrate, procumbent or ascending quadrangular stems, up to 30 cm long, sometimes mat-forming and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves opposite, sessile, more or less broadly ovate, 3–9 mm long, with minute inconspicuous translucent glandular dots. Flowers solitary, terminal, or in few-flowered clusters appearing axillary. Sepals oblong, deltoid or lanceolate, with translucent glandular longitudinal lines and submarginal dots. Petals 2–7 mm long, 1–2 times as long as the sepals, apricot-yellow becoming orange-yellow or orange, occasionally marked with red. Stamens 15–27, irregularly arranged or in three indistinct groups. Fruit a 2-4-valved capsule.
Notes: The Nyika is the southernmost locality for this species and the only locality within the Flora zambesiaca area.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In peat soils in damp places.
Altitude range: 2200 - 2350 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Eastern DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia (Nyika only).
Malawi distribution: N
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Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 30 October 2019
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 129. (Includes a picture).

Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 386.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Hypericum scioanum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=193700, retrieved 28 March 2024

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