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Definition of Hypericum calycinum
1. Noun. Creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypericum Calycinum
Literary usage of Hypericum calycinum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1809)
"Styles five. Flowers solitary. Stem shrubby, branched, quadrangular. Segments of
the . calyx obovate, obtuse. Leaves oblong. SYN. Hypericum calycinum. Linn. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"(1) Hypericum calycinum, L.—Ches.; Lane. (Ormskirk) ; Line.; Suff. ; Warw.
(2) ' A dwarf rose, grown in pots, and frequently seen in cottage windows.' Dev. ..."
3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"AARON'S BEARD (41) — Hypericum calycinum. B. Leaves about linear 1-2J inches
long, bluish above ; flowers J-1 inch broad; shrub 2-3 feet high with ..."