Hypericum canariense L.

Shrub, 1–4 m high. Stems flattened, compressed, 2-lined, black glands absent. Leaves 35.0–70 mm long, 5.0–16.0 mm wide, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, reticulate tertiary veins absent; pellucid glands present; black glands absent; apex acute, mucro 0.3–0.5 mm long; margin entire; base attenuate; sessile. Inflorescence terminal, in cymes, flowers 3–21, corolla 17.0–20.0 mm diam. Pedicels 3.5–5.0 mm long. Bracteoles absent. Sepals 5, 3.0–4.0 mm long, 1.7–2.4 mm wide, ovate or ovate-elliptic; pellucid glands absent; black glands absent; apex subacute or obtuse. Petals greater than sepals, yellow, black glands absent, persistent after anthesis. Stamens in 3 bundles, 34–57, 7.0–12.0 mm long, shorter than petals; anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long, anther gland pale yellow. Ovary 3.0–3.2 mm long, ovoid. Styles 3, 11.0–12.0 mm long, longer than ovary. Seeds 1.0–1.5 mm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, oblong to oblong-trapezoid, terete, apices truncate.

Distinguished by its lack of black glands, stems that are flattened or compressed, leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate and 5.0–16.0 mm wide, with an acute apex and a distinctive 0.3–0.5 mm long mucro, 3 styles, petals that are persistent after anthesis, and seeds that are oblong or oblong-trapezoid and with truncate apices.

Scattered plants growing along a roadside.

Heenan et al. (2004, p. 807). Voucher: AK 253003, 2000.