WorldFloraDB - Hypericum ascyron

Characteristics

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50-80 cm high. It can be 2 m tall and have a few stems which hang down. It spreads 30-75 cm wide. The leaves are shiny and pointed. They are paler underneath. The flowers are reddish yellow. They are star shaped. They are 8 cm across.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 0.75

Mature height (meter)

1.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.4

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows from sea level to 2800 or 3600 m altitude. It grows in the eastern forests in Manchuria. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.

More

Grassy places in the mountains of N. Japan.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are used as tea. They are dried. CAUTION: It is reported to be toxic.

Uses	medicinal poison tea
Edible	flowers leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Kidney Aid (root), Pulmonary Aid (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Snake Bite Remedy (root), Abscess (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Suppurative (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Regenerative (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	10 - 12
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433206-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000727365
COL ID	3NPB5
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hypericum ascyron f. angustifolium Ascyrum sibiricum Ascyrum tetragonum Roscyna gmelinii Hypericum ascyron Hypericum baldaccii Hypericum kelleri Hypericum yabei Hypericum ascyron var. giraldii Hypericum ascyron var. hupehense Hypericum ascyron var. longistylum Hypericum ascyron var. micropetalum Hypericum ascyron var. umbellatum Hypericum ascyron var. macrosepalum Hypericum ascyron var. adamii Hypericum ascyron var. vilmorinii Hypericum ascyron f. vilmorinii

Lower taxons

Hypericum ascyron subsp. gebleri Hypericum ascyron subsp. pyramidatum Hypericum ascyron subsp. ascyron

WorldFloraDB 2024

Hypericum ascyron L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum