Hypericaceae
Aaron's beard
Hypericum calycinum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
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Common names
By language (21)
- Basque
- Orkatx lore-handi
- Bulgarian
- Чашковидна звъника
- Chinese
- 冬绿金丝桃
- Czech
- Třezalka kalíškatá
- Danish
- Storblomstret Perikon
- Dutch
- Grootbladig hertshooi
- English
- Aaron's beard, Rose-of-Sharon, Creeping St. John's wort, Great St-John's wort, Jerusalem star
- Esperanto
- Grandflora hiperiko
- French
- Millepertuis à grandes fleurs, Millepertuis a grandes fleurs
- German
- Grosskelchiges Johanniskraut, Großkelchiges Johanniskraut, Immergrünes Johanniskraut
- hsb
- Niski zahrodny křižomnik
- Hungarian
- Örökzöld orbáncfű, Bőrlevelű orbáncfű
- Italian
- Iperico calicino
- Japanese
- セイヨウキンシバイ, ヒメキンシバイ
- Persian
- ستاره اورشلیم
- Polish
- Dziurawiec kielichowaty
- Russian
- Зверобой чашечковидный, Зверобой чашечный
- Slovak
- Ľubovník kalíškatý
- Spanish
- Hipérico rastrero
- Swedish
- Prakthyperikum
- Welsh
- Rhosyn Saron
Synonyms
- Androsaemum calycinum (L.) T.Lestib.
- Androsaemum calycinum Presl ex Steud.
- Ascyrum calicinum (L.) Poir.
- Ascyrum coriaceum Moench
- Eremanthe calycina (L.) Spach
- Eremanthe venosa (Lam.) K.Koch
- Hypericum calycinum var. acutifolium Choisy
- Hypericum grandiflorum Salisb.
- Hypericum venosum Lam.
- Norysca calycina (L.) Blume
- Norysca venosa (Lam.) Blume
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Heidrun Graef Veber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Razza Mafoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Monceau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neokad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Hypericum
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- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumHypericaceae
- Trailing St. JohnswortHypericum humifusumHypericaceae
- Mountain St. John's WortHypericum montanumHypericaceae
- PeterwortHypericum tetrapterumHypericaceae
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumHypericaceae
- Goat St John's wortHypericum hircinumHypericaceae
- Goldencup St. John's wortHypericum patulumHypericaceae
- Hypericum triquetrifoliumHypericaceae
- Great St. JohnswortHypericum ascyronHypericaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.