The genus Hypericum contains a number of nothospecies, or hybrids created directly from crossing two accepted species to create an intermediate organism that shares properties of both. Many of these hybrid species are used as ornamental or decorative plants.
Nothospecies BinomialCommon nameTypeDistributionParentageImageReferencesSection AdenosepalumH. × joerstadii Lid (1968)Intermediate shrubH. glandulosum × H. reflexumH. pubescens × tomentosumH. pubescens × H. tomentosumSection AndrosaemumH. × inodorum Mill. (1768)Tall TutsanDeciduous shrubCorsica, France, Italy, SpainSection AscyreiaH. kouytchense × calycinum D.WalkerShrubOnly in cultivationH. kouytchense × H. calycinumH. × cyathiflorum N.Robson (1985)ShrubOnly in cultivationH. addingtonii × H. hookerianumH. × dummeri N.Robson (1985)ShrubOnly in cultivationH. calycinum × H. forrestiiH. × moserianum André (1889)ShrubOnly in cultivationSection DrosocarpiumH. × reinosae A. Ramos (1983)Perennial herbH. perforatum × H. richeri subsp. burseriSection GraveolentiaH. × mitchellianum Rydb. (1927)Blue Ridge St. John's WortPerennial herbH. graveolens × H. punctatumSection HypericumH. × desetangsii Lamotte (1874)Des Etang's St. John's WortH. perforatum × H. maculatumH. × hyugamontanum Y. KimuraPerennial herbJapan (Kyushu)H. × laschii A.Fröhl.Scandinavia, France, Central EuropeH. × medium Peterm.Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, RomaniaSection OligostemaH. × caesariense Druce ex N.RobsonPerennial herbScotland, Northern EnglandH. linariifolium × H. humifusumSection TrigynobrathysH. × dissimulatum E.P.BicknellDisguised St. John's WortH. boreale × H. canadense
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