St johns wort
Hypericum perforatum
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Hypericum perforatum
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Habitat
- Meadow
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Medicine
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its leaves have tiny see-through dots, oil glands that look like holes when held up to the light.
- It gets its name from blooming around St John's Day, 24 June.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q158289 · All plants · All entries