Hypericum nudiflorum
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Hypericum nudiflorum' 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 coris
- 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 olympicum
- Hypericum patulum
- Hypericum prolificum
- Hypericum reptans
- Hypericum revolutum
- Hypericum stellatum
- Hypericum subsessile
- Hypericum wilsonii
- Hypericum xylosteifolium
A deciduous shrub or sub-shrub up to 3 or 4 ft, stems square, glabrous, slender, erect. Leaves oval-oblong, 1 to 21⁄4 in. long, 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 in. wide, apex rounded, base tapered, thin in texture, glabrous, scarcely stalked. Flowers bright yellow, 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. wide, borne dichotomously on terminal and axillary cymes 4 or 5 in. across; sepals 1⁄6 in. long, oval-oblong; fruits conical, 1⁄4 in. long, pointed. Blossoms in July and August.
Native of the S.E. United States from N. Carolina to Florida and quite hardy. The inflorescence usually stands out leafless and clearly above the foliage and is interesting for its successive branching into two below each flower. It has become rare in cultivation.