St John's-worts

Crowberry-leaved St John's-wort Crisped St John's-wort Perfoliate St John's-wort Perfoliate St John's-wort



St John's-wort Family - Hypericaceae

Crowberry-leaved St John's-wort      Hypericum empetrifolium

Native from southern Albania through Greece to Turkey and in coastal Libya.

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Perfoliate St John's-wort      Hypericum perfoliatum

Native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean Region.

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Perforate St John's-wort      Hypericum perforatum

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Siberia and China. Sepals, backs and edges of petals and leaf edges all with stalkless black glands. Leaves also with many translucent spots. Stems rounded with two small ridges.

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Square-stalked St John's-wort      Hypericum tetrapterum

Native throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region to Iran. Sepals, petal and leaf edges sometimes with a few stalkless black glands or sometimes without. Leaves with a few translucent spots. Stems four-sided with winged corners.

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Crisped St John's-wort      Hypericum triquetrifolium

Native to the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Iran.

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