Walking through the Garganta del Cares ( Cares Gorge) from the tiny and remote village of Cain was a spectacular walk and quickly produced a species of St John's Wort I had never seen before.
Western St John's Wort ( Hypericum nummularium )
First Impression: Flower was typical SJW but the leaves were very unusual.
Open Flower and bud showing sepals. 4th July 2018 |
Yellow petals without any streaks, margin with black glands on short stalks regularly arranged along margin (ciliate). Petals long 8-18mm according to the Hypercium online site. This plant approached the 18mm in length.
http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/849/descriptions short, amazing site by Natural History Museum professionals.
Sepals, short less than a third or quarter of the petal length, can be unequal in length, blunt ended and with margin with ciliate black glands. Bracts (tiny leaves just below flower) had ciliate black glands.
Leaves, small round discs, green on top, pale glaucous underneath with a red edge, very short stalk about 1mm long. Stems red.
Overall appearance of plant |
Peter Leonard 6th September 2018
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