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Hypericum humifusum

Trailing St John's-wort

Family Hypericaceae

About

Trailing St John's-wort is a low, hairless perennial of heaths and dry banks in Western Europe.

Field notes

Morphology

Thin trailing stems with two raised lines carry pairs of pale green oval leaves with tiny translucent glands and black edge dots. Flowers about 1 cm across grow from leaf axils, with unequal sepals and five yellow petals barely longer than them.

Distribution & habitat

Heaths, dry banks, track edges and light woodland in Western Europe and throughout the British Isles.

Ecology

Flowers May to September.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
—
Native to
United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France

Cultivation

Difficulty
Not recorded

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