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§1 Plant

Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

vernacular orangegrass — species · Clusiaceae


USDA
HYGE
GBIF
3189514
Rank
species
orangegrass (Hypericum gentianoides)
Platephotograph · Bob PetersonCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Clusiaceae Lindl.
Genus
Hypericum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 793 counties across 30 states/territories
Legend Native · 793 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
47 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
30–55 in/yr
pH range
4.6–7
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Propagation
sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 793 counties across 30 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 43 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 85 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 88 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 13 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/HYGE ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3189514 ↗

Record version

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