Hypericaceae
Spotted St. Johnswort
Hypericum punctatum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 斑点金丝桃
- English
- Spotted St. Johnswort
Synonyms
- Hypericum corymbosum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Hypericum maculatum Walter
- Hypericum maculatum var. corymbosum Kuntze
- Hypericum maculatum var. heterophyllum Kuntze
- Hypericum maculatum var. subcordifolium Kuntze
- Hypericum maculatum var. subpetiolatum E.P.Bicknell
- Hypericum micranthum Choisy
- Hypericum punctatum f. punctatum
- Hypericum punctatum f. subpetiolatum (E.P.Bicknell) Fernald
- Hypericum punctatum var. punctatum
- Hypericum subpetiolatum (E.P.Bicknell) Small
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 883 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Edie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brucewinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brucewinter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HLWolfe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.