Hypericum tetrapterum Fr.

Taxonomy: Fam. Clusiaceae// Genus: Hypericum// Species: Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. The classification is given according to the Euro+Med PlanBase (Marhold, 2011).

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus, Mediterranean to Iran according to the distribution information by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats- on the banks of rivers, streams and other wet places.

Flowering period: Summer (JUL, AUG).

Hypericum tetrapterum – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – inflorescnece. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – flower and flower buds. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – calyxes. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – adaxial side of leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – wings of stems. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum tetrapterum – wings of stems. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 15.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433905-1 [Accessed 17.10.2021].

Hypericum tetrapterum. Marhold, K. (2011): Clusiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Hypericum%20tetrapterum&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 17.10.2021].

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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