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§1 Plant

Hypericum galioides Lam.

vernacular bedstraw St. Johnswort — species · Clusiaceae


USDA
HYGA
GBIF
3189506
Rank
species
bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides)
Platephotograph · Michael J. PapayCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Clusiaceae Lindl.
Genus
Hypericum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 145 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 145 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-3 °F minimum
Frost-free days
220 min.
Precipitation
32–55 in/yr
pH range
4.6–7.2
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2.5 ft
Height @ 20 y
2 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
No
Propagation
bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 145 counties across 6 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 19 N
Florida view state ↗ 31 N
Georgia view state ↗ 43 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 18 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 15 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 19 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/HYGA ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3189506 ↗

Record version

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