Hypericum kouytchense H.Lév.

Shrub, up to 1 m high. Stems spreading, terete to slightly compressed, 2-lined, black glands absent. Leaves 15.0–60.0 mm long, 6.0–24.0 mm wide, ovate, narrowly ovate, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, glabrous, reticulate tertiary veins absent; pellucid glands present; black glands absent; apex acute or subacute, often mucronulate; margin entire; base cuneate, broadly cuneate or obtuse; petiole 1.0–2.5 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, in panicles, flowers 1–12, corolla 50–80 mm diam., more or less patent. Pedicels 6.0–25.0 mm long. Bracteoles 6.0–14.5 mm long, 1.3–5.3 mm wide, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate or elliptic, apex acuminate. Sepals 5, 8.0–14.0 mm long, 4.3–6.0 mm wide, accrescent, elliptic, ovate or narrowly ovate; pellucid glands present; black glands absent; apex acute or acuminate; margin entire, sometimes with few cilia near apex. Petals 30.0–42.0 mm long, longer than sepals, broadly obovate or obovate, yellow, black glands absent, caducous after anthesis. Stamens in 5 bundles, 150–320, 15.0–26.0 mm long, ⅔–¾ length petals; anthers 0.7–1.0 mm long, anther gland orange brown. Ovary 8.5–10.5 mm long, 5.0–6.5 mm wide, ovoid. Styles 5, 8.5–11.0 mm long, equals ovary length. Fruit a capsule, 15.0–25.0 mm long, 11.0–15.0 mm wide, ovoid, red. Seeds 1.8–2.0 mm long, c. 0.4 mm wide, oblong, terete, brown, narrowly winged, apices acute to obtuse.

Distinguished by its terete to slightly compressed 2-lined stems, leaves with short but distinct petioles, acute to acuminate sepals, 5 styles, stamens ⅔ to ¾ the length of the petals, and narrowly winged seeds.

Occurs on grassy roadside banks, bare ground, and in scrub.

Webb et al. (1988, p. 543). Voucher: CHR 400639, 1983.

Flowering: Jan.–Mar.