Hypericum humifusum L.

Trailing st. johnswort (en), Millepertuis couché (fr), Petit Millepertuis (fr), Petit millepertuis (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Glabrous perennial herb; stems prostrate or decumbent, to c. 30 cm long, slender, generally 2-lined; rootstock ± woody. Lvs variable, sessile or occasionally short-petiolate, 4-14 × 0.5-6 mm, lanceolate or narrow-elliptic to suborbicular, with black, often scattered intramarginal glands; pellucid glands usually 0 below; base broad-cuneate or rounded; apex slightly emarginate, obtuse or mucronulate. Infl. terminal, few-flowered. Sepals very unequal, 2 broad and 3 narrow, 2-4-(5) mm long, broad-ellipsoid to narrow-oblong or elliptic, with black glands at margin or scattered over surface, entire or irregularly toothed in upper part, occasionally marginal glands stalked; apex obtuse or mucronulate. Corolla 5-12 mm diam., = or > calyx, yellow; petals lanceolate, oblanceolate or obovate, nearly always black glandular-ciliate, at least towards apex. Stamens in 3 bundles, < petals. Styles 3, < ovary. Capsule 6-10 mm long, ovoid, dry. Seeds c. 0.5 mm long, broadly short-cylindric, reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.23
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Eczema (flower), Wound healing (flower), Eczema (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified)
Human toxicity phototoxic (whole)
Animal toxicity toxic (whole)

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Images

Habit

Hypericum humifusum habit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum habit picture by gilles collin (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum habit picture by Stéphane (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hypericum humifusum leaf picture by xavier font (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum leaf picture by Pieter Verbrugghe (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum leaf picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hypericum humifusum flower picture by xavier font (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum flower picture by Jean-Luc Durand (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum humifusum flower picture by Jean-Luc Durand (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hypericum humifusum fruit picture by Pereira Jorge (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hypericum humifusum world distribution map, present in Australia, France, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433500-1
WFO ID wfo-0000727753
COL ID 3NPPB
BDTFX ID 35296
INPN ID 103288
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Holosepalum humifusum Hypericum decumbens Hypericum exiguum Hypericum liottardii Hypericum repens Hypericum losae Hypericum rubrum Hypericum humifusum var. magnum Hypericum humifusum var. liottardii Hypericum humifusum var. pumilum Hypericum humifusum var. decumbens Hypericum humifusum var. glandulosum Hypericum humifusum var. australe Hypericum humifusum var. ambiguum Hypericum humifusum var. radicans Hypericum humifusum var. majus Hypericum humifusum f. crassum Hypericum humifusum f. liottardii Hypericum humifusum f. laxum Hypericum humifusum f. eglandulosum Hypericum humifusum