Hypericum coris
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Hypericum coris' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Hypericum acmosepalum
- Hypericum addingtonii
- Hypericum aegypticum
- Hypericum androsaemum
- Hypericum augustinii
- Hypericum balearicum
- Hypericum bellum
- Hypericum buckleyi
- Hypericum calycinum
- Hypericum cerastoides
- Hypericum chinense
- Hypericum choisianum
- Hypericum cordifolium
- Hypericum × cyathiflorum
- Hypericum densiflorum
- Hypericum 'Eastleigh Gold'
- Hypericum empetrifolium
- Hypericum ericoides
- Hypericum forrestii
- Hypericum frondosum
- Hypericum galioides
- Hypericum grandifolium
- Hypericum 'Hidcote'
- Hypericum hircinum
- Hypericum hookeranum
- Hypericum hypericoides
- Hypericum × inodorum
- Hypericum kalmianum
- Hypericum kouytchense
- Hypericum leschenaultii
- Hypericum lobbii
- Hypericum monogynum
- Hypericum × moseranum
- Hypericum × moserianum
- Hypericum nudiflorum
- Hypericum olympicum
- Hypericum patulum
- Hypericum prolificum
- Hypericum reptans
- Hypericum revolutum
- Hypericum stellatum
- Hypericum subsessile
- Hypericum wilsonii
- Hypericum xylosteifolium
An evergreen, semi-shrubby plant, erect and 6 to 15 in. high, or sometimes procumbent; stems round, very slender and clustered, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of four, rarely three, linear, 1⁄3 to 1 in. long, 1⁄16 in. or less wide, stalkless, revolute, blunt; midrib prominent beneath. Flowers borne in axillary clusters of three to five, forming terminal panicles 2 to 5 in. long. Corolla 3⁄4 in. wide, glowing yellow; petals ovate-oblong; sepals linear-oblong, about 1⁄5 in. long, margined with dark, stalked or stalkless glands; stamens in three bundles. Blossoms in June and July. Bot. Mag., t. 6563.
Native mainly of the northern Appenines, Maritime Alps and southern Alps; cultivated in 1640. It is related to H. empetrifolium, which has angled stems and fewer, usually three, leaves in a whorl, and petals which fall before the fruits are ripe. H. coris is a lime-loving plant and needs a sunny position, in well-drained soil.