Index / Search / Hypericum cistifolium
§1 Plant
Hypericum cistifolium Lam.
vernacular roundpod St. Johnswort — species · Clusiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Clusiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Hypericum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 148 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.6–7
- Root depth
- 9 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 148 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Echols 13101
- Evans 13109
- Glynn 13127
- Gwinnett 13135
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Pierce 13229
- Sumter 13261
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYCI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3189466 ↗Record version
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