Hypericaceae
Hypericum japonicum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 上天梯, 八金刚草, 千重楼, 和虾草, 四方草, 地耳草, 地耳草（田基黄）, 小付心草
- Japanese
- コケオトギリ
- Korean
- 정족산고추나물
Synonyms
- Brathys caespitosa Blume
- Brathys cespitosa var. pusilla Blume
- Brathys debilis Blume
- Brathys japonica (Thunb.) Wight
- Brathys japonica var. accumbens Blume
- Brathys japonica var. acutisepala Miq.
- Brathys japonica var. mucronisepala Miq.
- Brathys laxa Blume
- Brathys nepalensis Blume
- Brathys orysetum Blume
- Brathys radicans Blume
- Hypericum calycatum Jacquem. ex Dyer
- Hypericum cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Hypericum chinense Osbeck
- Hypericum dominii H.Lév.
- Hypericum japonicum f. microphyllum Miq.
- Hypericum japonicum f. tenuis Miq.
- Hypericum japonicum f. yabei (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Makino
- Hypericum japonicum var. accumbens (Blume) Pamp.
- Hypericum japonicum var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) Koidz.
- Hypericum japonicum var. majus Fyson
- Hypericum japonicum var. plurinervium H.Lév.
- Hypericum japonicum var. ramosum Choisy
- Hypericum japonicum var. robustum Miq. ex Koidz.
- Hypericum japonicum var. simplicius R.Keller
- Hypericum japonicum var. thunbergii (Franch. & Sav.) R.Keller
- Hypericum japonicum var. typicum Hochr.
- Hypericum jeongjocksanense S.J.Park & K.J.Kim
- Hypericum laxum (Blume) Koidz.
- Hypericum laxum var. hananoegoense Masam.
- Hypericum laxum var. novo-guineense Hatus.
- Hypericum nervatum Hance
- Hypericum pseudojaponicum Nakai
- Hypericum scaturiginum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Hypericum sumatranum Miq.
- Hypericum taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Hypericum thunbergii Franch. & Sav.
- Hypericum yabei H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Sarothra japonica (Thunb.) Y.Kimura
- Sarothra japonica f. microphylla (Miq.) Y.Kimura
and 12 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to September (from 164 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 如此甚好, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 如此甚好, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: grampianshiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 林孫鋒(Lin Sun Fong), CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Heenan, Peter, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod Lowther, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: prossington, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.