Hypericum mutilum L.
Slender, erect, annual or perennial, glabrous herb, to c. 40 cm tall, lacking black glands. Stems 4-angled, simple or branched above the middle, often rooting near the base. Lvs sessile, 7-27-(33) × 4-13 mm, ovate to oblong, prominently pellucid-glandular beneath; base broad-cuneate to subcordate and ± amplexicaul; apex obtuse. Panicles terminal, few- to many-flowered; bracts and bracteoles 1-2 mm long, subulate. Sepals slightly unequal, 2-3 mm long, somewhat longer at fruiting, lanceolate to oblong, entire, with pellucid glands; apex acute. Corolla 3-4 mm diam., pale yellow; petals ± broad-elliptic, < sepals. Stamens c. 10 and not in evident bundles, < petals. Styles 3, 0.4-0.5 mm long, much < ovary. Capsule c. 4 mm long, oblong-ellipsoid, dry. Seeds 0.4-0.5 mm long, cylindric, very finely reticulate and with 2 longitudinal ribs.
N.: swamps from the Kaikohe area to North Cape (N. Auckland), but apparently rare, also recently collected from Waiotahi Valley (E. Bay of Plenty), and recorded from Tutira (Hawke's Bay).
E. North America 1972
Wet places, usually straggling amongst other vegetation.
FL Dec-Feb.
