Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum
Matted St. John's-Wort
Hypericum japonicum
Thunb. Species
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- Botanical name
- Hypericum japonicum
- Also known as
- Matted St. John's-Wort
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Matted St. John's-Wort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Hypericum japonicum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Ascyrum humifusum
Brathys caespitosa
Brathys cespitosa var. pusilla
Brathys debilis
Brathys humifusa
Brathys japonica
Brathys japonica var. accumbens
Brathys japonica var. acutisepala
Brathys japonica var. mucronisepala
Brathys laxa
Brathys nepalensis
Brathys orysetum
Brathys radicans
Hypericum calycatum
Hypericum cavaleriei
Hypericum chinense
Hypericum dominii
Hypericum japonicum f. microphyllum
Hypericum japonicum f. tenuis
Hypericum japonicum f. yabei
Hypericum japonicum var. accumbens
Hypericum japonicum var. calyculatum
Hypericum japonicum var. cavaleriei
Hypericum japonicum var. humifusum
Hypericum japonicum var. majus
Hypericum japonicum var. maximowiczii
Hypericum japonicum var. plurinervium
Hypericum japonicum var. ramosum
Hypericum japonicum var. robustum
Hypericum japonicum var. simplicius
Hypericum japonicum var. thunbergii
Hypericum japonicum var. typicum
Hypericum jeongjocksanense
Hypericum laxum
Hypericum laxum var. hananoegoense
Hypericum laxum var. novo-guineense
Hypericum nervatum
Hypericum pseudojaponicum
Hypericum pusillum
Hypericum scaturiginum
Hypericum sumatranum
Hypericum taquetii
Hypericum thunbergii
Hypericum yabei
Sarothra japonica
Sarothra japonica f. microphylla
Sarothra japonica f. ramosa
Sarothra japonica f. robusta
Sarothra japonica f. vulgaris
Sarothra laxa
Sarothra laxa f. erecta
Sarothra laxa f. hananoegoensis
Sarothra laxa f. ramosa
Sarothra laxa f. ramosissima
Sarothra laxa f. repens
Sarothra laxa f. simplex
Sarothra loureiroana
Tridia frankenioides
Others in Hypericum
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