✿Hypericaceae · Hypericum
Chinnadavare / Mysore St. John's Wort
Hypericum mysurense
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hypericum mysurense
- Genus
- Hypericum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Open grassy slopes, shola forests
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಚಿನ್ನದಾವರೆ Chinnadavare
- Malayalam
- അവരംകോല Avaram-Kola
- Marathi
- हायपेरी Hayperi
About Chinnadavare
Mysore St. John's Wort (Hypericum mysurense) belongs to the Hypericaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in open grassy slopes, shola forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Hypericaceae
Hypericum Family
Chinnadavare belongs to the Hypericaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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