Taxon:  Hypericum calycinum L.



Summary
Genus:
Hypericum
Section:
Ascyreia
Family:
Hypericaceae
Nomen number:
19561
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:106.  1767
Verified:
08/30/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  6. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  7. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1474.
  9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  10. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  12. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  13. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  15. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  16. Robson, N. K. B. 1970. Shrubby Asiatic Hypericum species in cultivation. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 95:489.
  17. Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
  18. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  20. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  21. Willis, J. H. 1970-1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  22. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAaron's-beard  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishrose-of-Sharon  1Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
Frenchmillepertuis à grandes fleurs  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1474.
Germangroßblütiges Johanniskraut  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1474.
Swedishprakthyperikum  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.w. & n.e.Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria s.e.Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Robson, N. K. B. 1970. Shrubby Asiatic Hypericum species in cultivation. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 95:489.
2CultivatedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
2CultivatedEurope Europe  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrym Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.w. & n.e.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria (s.e.)
Cultivated
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, Victoria]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece, Croatia, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  2. Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP)
  5. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  6. Robson, N. K. B. 1970. Shrubby Asiatic Hypericum species in cultivation. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 95:489.
  7. Robson, N. K. B. 1985. Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 3. Sections 1. Campylosporus to 6a. Umbraculoides. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4):228-230.
  8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19561. Accessed 13 May 2026.