Hypericum hypericoides subsp. hypericoides Nutt.

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum > Hypericum hypericoides

Characteristics

Plants erect, usually unbranched from base and freely branched well above ground level, 3–15 dm. Leaf blades usually narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblong, 7–25 × 1–8.5 mm, broadest near middle. Inflorescences: branching dichasial/lateral to pseudodichotomous. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use Febrifuge (bark), Toothache (bark), Eye Medicine (leaf), Antirheumatic (Internal) (leaf), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Analgesic (root), Febrifuge (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Antidiarrheal (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Pediatric Aid (unspecified), Urinary Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Hypericum hypericoides subsp. hypericoides world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Portugal, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77173319-1
WFO ID wfo-0001234908
COL ID 5J2NQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ascyrum montanum Ascyrum oblongifolium Ascyrum plumieri Ascyrum hypericifolium Ascyrum linifolium Ascyrum macrosepalum Ascyrum michauxii Hypericoides perforata Ascyrum crux-andreae var. angustifolium Ascyrum hypericoides var. angustifolium Ascyrum hypericoides var. oblongifolium Hypericum hypericoides subsp. hypericoides