Common name:
Hairy st john's-wort
Family:
Scientific name:
Hypericum hirsutum
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; absent from north Scotland and some western areas
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Open woodland, roadsides, scrub, on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Five pale yellow petals, without marginal dots, and five narrow, pointed green sepals, lined with stalked black glands. Stems are round in cross-section, hairy and unwinged
Leaves:
Opposite, oblong, downy both above and below, up to 5 cm long, crossed by prominent veins. Leaves have translucent dots across the surface
Season:
July to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
