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|accepted_name=Hypericum myrtifolium
|accepted_authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|place=4: 180. 1797
|year=1797
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brathydium myrtifolium
|authority=(Lamarck) K. Koch
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hypericum glaucum
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=H. sessiliflorum
|authority=Willdenow ex Sprengel
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Myriandra glauca
|authority=(Michaux) Spach
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Hypericaceae;Hypericum;Hypericum sect. Myriandra;Hypericum myrtifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Hypericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hypericum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Hypericum sect. Myriandra]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hypericum myrtifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 74, 85
|treatment_page=page 84
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, with woody caudex, unbranched or branched distally, 3–10 dm, bark on older stems corky. <b>Stems</b>: internodes 4-lined. <b>Leaf</b> blades oblong-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 8–40 × (5–)7–20 mm, base articulated, subcordate-amplexicaul, margins recurved, apex rounded, midrib with 3 or 4 pairs of branches. <b>Inflorescences</b> hemispheric to ± flat-topped, 7–30-flowered, widely branched, with flowers or flowering branches from to 3 proximal nodes. <b>Flowers</b> 15–25 mm diam.; sepals persistent, not enclosing capsule, 5, ovate to lanceolate, unequal to subequal, 5–8 × 2–4.5 mm; petals 5, bright yellow, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 8–15 mm; stamens deciduous, 200; ovary 3(–4)-merous. <b>Capsules</b> pyramidal-ovoid, 5–6 × 3–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> narrowly carinate, 1 mm; testa shallowly linear-reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Jul), sometimes fall.
|habitat=Moist pinewoods, grassy bogs, pond margins, ditches
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Hypericum myrtifolium</i> is related to <i>H. frondosum</i>; it differs in its shorter, usually amplexicaul leaves, the widely dichasially branched inflorescences, and persistent sepals.</p>
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name=Hypericum myrtifolium
|authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Brathydium myrtifolium;Hypericum glaucum;H. sessiliflorum;Myriandra glauca
|basionyms=
|family=Hypericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer (May–Jul), sometimes fall.
|habitat=Moist pinewoods, grassy bogs, pond margins, ditches
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl.
|publication year=1797
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_138.xml
|genus=Hypericum
|section=Hypericum sect. Myriandra
|species=Hypericum myrtifolium
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