Hypericum pulchrum L.

Slender st john's-wort (en), Millepertuis élégant (fr), Millepertuis joli (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Hypericaceae > Hypericum

Characteristics

Glabrous perennial herb with short rhizomes; stems slender, erect, to c. 90 cm tall, reddish, terete or nearly so, woody at base. Lvs sessile, amplexicaul on main stems, rounded to cordate on short branches, 0.4-2.5 × 0.2-2 cm, narrowly to broadly elliptic or ovate, with pellucid glands prominent and black glands 0; apex ± rounded. Infl. terminal, a panicle of cymes, cylindric or narrow-pyramidal, open, few-to many-flowered; bracts entire or occasionally 1-2-toothed. Sepals ± equal, 2-4.5 mm long, suborbicular, not accrescent, entire, with pellucid glands and regularly spaced black glandular cilia in upper 1/2; apex obtuse or rounded. Corolla 1-1.5 cm diam., yellow with red tinge at anthesis and reddish in bud; petals broad-obovate to suborbicular, with evenly or irregularly spaced black glands, much > sepals. Stamens in 3 bundles; longest stamens nearly = petals. Styles 3, > ovary. Capsule 5-7 mm long, broadly ellipsoid-ovoid, dry. Seeds c. 1 mm long, cylindric, with a ventral line, very finely reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.75
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
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Flower color
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OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity phototoxic (whole)
Animal toxicity toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 22 - 59
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 16
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Images

Habit

Hypericum pulchrum habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum habit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum habit picture by Terje Norli (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hypericum pulchrum leaf picture by Capsicum K (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum leaf picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum leaf picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hypericum pulchrum flower picture by Gerard Elliott (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum flower picture by Mathyas Maurer (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum flower picture by Christophe Gautreau (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Hypericum pulchrum fruit picture by Patrice Bracquart (cc-by-sa)
Hypericum pulchrum fruit picture by Burgospain (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hypericum pulchrum world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Sweden

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000728167
COL ID 3NQ2Y
BDTFX ID 35363
INPN ID 103320
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Adenosepalum pulchrum Hypericopsis pulchra Hypericum amplexicaule Hypericum pulchrum var. procumbens Hypericum pulchrum var. pallidum Hypericum pulchrum var. gillotii Hypericum pulchrum f. procumbens Hypericum pulchrum