Hypericum reptans
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Hypericum reptans' 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 nudiflorum
- Hypericum olympicum
- Hypericum patulum
- Hypericum prolificum
- Hypericum revolutum
- Hypericum stellatum
- Hypericum subsessile
- Hypericum wilsonii
- Hypericum xylosteifolium
A low, prostrate, self-rooting shrub a few inches high, often tufted; stems very slender, almost threadlike, two-edged, glabrous. Leaves 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long, oval-oblong, apex blunt, usually crowded 1⁄8 to 1⁄3 in. apart on the stem. Flowers terminal, solitary, golden yellow, 13⁄4 in. across; petals obovate; sepals about 1⁄2 in. long, oval, blunt; capsule globose, 1⁄2 in. wide.
Native of the Himalaya at from 9,000 to 11,000 ft.; in cultivation 1881. It is not completely hardy but should survive most winters if grown in a sheltered position in the rock garden, in a well-drained soil.