Goldencup St

Goldencup St. John's Wort

Hypericum patulum

Hypericaceae or Clusiaceae (St. John's Wort Family)

▲ shrub on east side of Karls Hall, MSU campus

▲ ▼ flowers

▲ leaves - opposite arrangement

Location on campus: south of west door to Ellis Hall

Location near campus: toward southeast corner of Xeriscape Garden; Xeriscape Garden is at northwest corner of National and Linwood, about 3/4 mile south of campus on National Avenue.

Hypericum patulum: Goldencup St. John's Wort

• leaves deciduous to semi-evergreen, opposite, simple, ovate with entire margins; leaves dark green above and glaucous below; 1-2.5" long and 1/3 to 1/2 as wide
• stems brown, often dying back to ground in winter
• flowers yellow in terminal cymes or solitary, in late spring; bright yellow with many petals and stamens
• rounded growth habit, about 5' x 5'
• likes full sun to part shade and dry, rocky soils; tolerates high pH soils
• fast growth rate, but may need to prune back to ground in spring, periodically