Common name:
Stinking tutsan
Family:
Scientific name:
Hypericum hircinum
Main flower color:
Range:
Southern England, especially around London; an introduced species
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, ditches, shady hedgerows
Flowers:
Relatively large, up to 4 cm in diameter, with five obovate petals, often slightly cupped, and five shorter sepals which wither during flowering. The many stamens are slightly longer than the petals
Leaves:
Ovate, opposite, stalkless, hairless, up to 10 cm long. On square stems
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
