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§1 Plant

Hypericum punctatum Lam.

vernacular spotted St. Johnswort — species · Clusiaceae

USDA
HYPU
GBIF
3189495
Rank
species
spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum)
Platephotograph · Erik DanielsenCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Clusiaceae Lindl.
Genus
Hypericum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,256 counties across 35 states/territories
Legend Native · 1256 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
95 min.
Precipitation
32–55 in/yr
pH range
4.6–7
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3 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
sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,256 counties across 35 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 71 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 99 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 77 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 77 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 75 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 99 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HYPU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189495 ↗

Record version

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